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| Birth: | 28 April 1841 in Dundee |
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| Death: | 2 August 1924 in Mount Lawley |
| Authority control: | Wikidata: Q24191341 |
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John Maxwell Ferguson (28 April 1841 – 2 August 1924) was an Australian businessman, politician, and philanthropist.
His family moved to Western Australia when he was an infant, where his father, a physician, was appointed colonial surgeon (the colony's chief medical officer). He was sent back to Scotland for school, and in 1867 returned to Western Australia, settling in Fremantle.
In 1886 he went into business as a general merchant in Fremantle, partnering with William Dalgety Moore. He established his own hardware business in 1889, and over the following years acquired interests in a number of sawmills in the South West.
In 1903 he won the North Fremantle seat in the state by-election, which had been caused by the resignation of Denis Doherty.
He eventually retired to Mount Lawley, where he died in 1924, aged 83.
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