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2 unusual facts about John Scaddan


Happy Jack

John Scaddan, nicknamed "Happy Jack", former premier of Western Australia

Scaddan, Western Australia

The town is named after John "Happy Jack" Scaddan, the premier of Western Australia from 1911 to 1916 and a prominent advocate of the Esperance railway.


Western Australian state election, 1933

It has also been the only election (apart from the ministerial by-elections in December 1901) where over half a Ministry have been defeated at an election—apart from Mitchell, Hubert Parker, John Scaddan and John Lindsay all lost their parliamentary seats.


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