John Marsden Mason (born 20 November 1928) is a former Australian politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 16 years.
[1] Upon graduating from his theological studies, Mason became a Methodist minister and was first posted to Lismore in 1952, then the Northern Territory from 1953 to 1955, Goulburn from 1951 to 1958, Tighes Hill from 1958 to 1962 and then finally to Dubbo from 1962 to 1965.
[1] One of his sons, Dave Mason, was the lead singer of Australian band The Reels.
[2] Mason joined the Liberal Party and was elected as the member for Dubbo, a large rural seat in central New South Wales which had been vacant owing to the death of the sitting member Les Ford in 1964, in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 1 May 1965 election with 62%,[3] holding the seat until his retirement in 1981.
[4] Mason served on the backbench throughout the Askin government, later being appointed to the Zoological Board of New South Wales (1973–1975).