For his son, also called John Verran, see John Stanley Verran.
John Verran
26th Premier of South Australia
In office 3 June 1910 – 17 February 1912
Monarch
George V
Governor
Sir Day Bosanquet
Preceded by
Archibald Peake
Succeeded by
Archibald Peake
Leader of the Opposition in South Australia
In office 17 February 1912 – 26 July 1913
Preceded by
Archibald Peake
Succeeded by
Crawford Vaughan
In office 5 June 1909 – 3 June 1910
Preceded by
Richard Butler
Succeeded by
Archibald Peake
Leader of the United Labor Party
In office 1909 – 26 July 1913
Preceded by
Thomas Price
Succeeded by
Crawford Vaughan
Senator for South Australia
In office 30 August 1927 – 16 November 1928
Preceded by
Charles McHugh
Personal details
Born
(1856-07-09)9 July 1856 Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Died
7 June 1932(1932-06-07) (aged 75) Unley, South Australia, Australia
Political party
Labor (to 1917) National (1917–1918) Independent (1921) Liberal (1924) Nationalist (1927–1928)
Spouse
Catherine Trembath
(m. 1880; died 1914)
Children
8
John Verran (9 July 1856 – 7 June 1932) was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He served as premier of South Australia from 1910 to 1912, the second member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to hold the position.
Verran was born in Cornwall, England and arrived in Australia as a young child. He began working in the copper mines at Moonta as a young boy and eventually became president of the local miners' union. He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly in 1901 as a member of the United Labor Party, the predecessor of the current ALP. Verran was chosen as the party's leader in 1909, following the death of Thomas Price, and won a majority at the 1910 state election. His agenda was hampered by the obstructionist Legislative Council and the government was defeated in 1912. He resigned as leader in 1913 and left the party following the split of 1916, losing his seat in 1918. After several unsuccessful candidacies for non-Labor parties he was chosen to fill a casual vacancy in the Senate from 1927 to 1928, sitting as a Nationalist.
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