Jack Beasley

Jack Beasley
High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom
In office
14 August 1946 – 2 September 1949
Preceded byStanley Bruce
Succeeded bySir Norman Rupert Mighell CMG
Minister for Defence
In office
6 July 1945 – 14 August 1946
Prime MinisterFrank Forde
Ben Chifley
Preceded byJohn Curtin
Succeeded byFrank Forde
Minister for Supply and Shipping
In office
17 October 1942 – 6 July 1945
Prime MinisterJohn Curtin
Preceded by(new title)
Succeeded byBill Ashley
Minister for Supply and Development
In office
7 October 1941 – 17 October 1942
Prime MinisterJohn Curtin
Preceded byGeorge McLeay
Succeeded by(title abolished)
Member of the Australian Parliament
for West Sydney
In office
17 November 1928 – 14 August 1946
Preceded byWilliam Lambert
Succeeded byWilliam O'Connor
Personal details
Born(1895-11-09)9 November 1895
Werribee, Victoria, Australia
Died2 September 1949(1949-09-02) (aged 53)
Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Resting placeFrenchs Forest Bushland Cemetery
Political partyLabor
Other political
affiliations
Lang Labor (1931–36)
ALP (Non-Communist) (1940–41)
Spouse
Alma Creighton
(m. 1927)
OccupationUnionist

John Albert Beasley (9 November 1895 – 2 September 1949) was an Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1928 to 1946. He served in the Australian War Cabinet from 1941 to 1946, and was a government minister in the Curtin and Chifley governments. Beasley was a member of the Australian Labor Party, although on two occasions he left the party to join the breakaway Lang Labor groups, leading the faction in federal parliament. He concluded his career as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1946 until his death in 1949.