John Hawthorne (politician)

John Stuart Hawthorne (14 February 1848 – 30 July 1942) was an Australian politician.

Born in Sydney to James Hawthorne and Jane Elkins, he attended Cleveland Street Public School before working with a softgoods firm, establishing his own business in 1875.

In that year he married Mary Emily Meyn at Singleton, with whom he had nine children.

[1] Multi-member constituencies were abolished in 1894 and Balmain was split into In 1894 he was not the selected Free Trade candidate for Leichhardt, but stood as an independent and was returned to the Assembly.

In 1904 he was denied Liberal Reform pre-selection in favour of Robert Booth, who had the support of the United Protestant Defence Association due to Hawthorne voting to grant money to various charities which included a Catholic orphanage.