John Hood (Australian politician)

John Hood (c.1817 – 22 November 1877) was an Australian chemist and politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council, and later, the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

[1] On the inauguration of the constitution in 1856 Hood was returned to the Upper House for the Central province until resigning in September 1859.

[1] Hood then successfully stood for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Belfast.

Their children included Sir Joseph Henry Hood (1846–1922), puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria[2] and, among grandchildren, the violinist Florence Hood (1880–1968).

After Jane's death he married Elizabeth Manners.