John Verran | |
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| 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 | 9 July 1856 Gwennap, Cornwall, England |
| Died | 7 June 1932 (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.