John Hayes (Tasmanian politician)

John Hayes
President of the Senate
In office
1 July 1938 – 30 June 1941
Preceded byPatrick Lynch
Succeeded byJames Cunningham
Senator for Tasmania
In office
12 September 1923 – 30 June 1947
Preceded byThomas Bakhap
Premier of Tasmania
In office
12 August 1922 – 14 August 1923
Preceded byWalter Lee
Succeeded byWalter Lee
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
In office
23 January 1913 – 12 September 1923
ConstituencyBass
Personal details
Born
John Blyth Hayes

(1868-04-21)21 April 1868
Bridgewater, Tasmania, Australia
Died12 July 1956(1956-07-12) (aged 88)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Political partyLiberal (to 1916)
Nationalist (1916–31)
UAP (1931–45)
Liberal (from 1945)
Spouse
Laura Blyth
(m. 1907)
RelationsErnest Blyth (brother-in-law)
OccupationFarmer

John Blyth Hayes CMG (21 April 1868 – 12 July 1956) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1923 to 1947. He was President of the Senate from 1938 to 1941. Before entering federal politics, he had been a member of the Parliament of Tasmania from 1913 to 1923 and served as Premier of Tasmania for almost exactly one year, from 1922 to 1923.