{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = John Pigdon | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Photograph_of_john_pigdon,_mayor_of_melbourne,_australia.png | caption = | order = 33rd Mayor of Melbourne | term_start = 1877 | term_end = 1878 | deputy = | predecessor = James Paterson | successor = Joseph Story | birth_date = {{birth date|1832|7|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Longhorsley, Northumberland | death_date = {{death date and age|1903|10|24|1832|7|3|df=y}} | death_place = Bendigo, Victoria | spouse = Jane | party = }}
'''John Pigdon''' (3 July 1832 – 24 October 1903) was mayor of Melbourne from 1881–82.<ref>{{cite web|last=Marginson |first=Julie |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pigdon-john-4399 |title=Biography - John Pigdon - Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=Adb.anu.edu.au |date=1903-10-24 |access-date=2015-07-25}}</ref>
Pigdon was born in Longhorsley, Northumberland, England,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marycotter&id=I95411114 |title=RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Cotters, Ruths, Kealys, Clancys, Lyalls, etc |publisher=Wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com |date= |accessdate=2015-07-25}}</ref> and migrated to Australia in 1852, where he became a building contractor and businessman.<ref>{{cite web|last=Marginson |first=Julie |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pigdon-john-4399 |title=Biography - John Pigdon - Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=Adb.anu.edu.au |date=1903-10-24 |access-date=2015-07-25}}</ref> He served on the Melbourne City Council from 1869 until 1903. Pigdon died in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia on 24 October 1903, aged 71.
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