Jens Jensen (politician)
Jens August Jensen (2 May 1865 – 16 November 1936) was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1910 to 1919. He was a minister in the governments of Andrew Fisher and Billy Hughes, serving as Minister for the Navy from 1915 to 1917 and Minister for Trade and Customs from 1917 to 1918.
The Honourable Jens Jensen | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Trade and Customs | |
| In office 17 February 1917 – 13 December 1918 | |
| Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | William Archibald |
| Succeeded by | William Watt |
| Minister for the Navy | |
| In office 12 July 1915 – 17 February 1917 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Fisher Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Cook |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Bass | |
| In office 13 April 1910 – 13 December 1919 | |
| Preceded by | David Storrer |
| Succeeded by | Syd Jackson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 May 1865 Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 16 November 1936 (aged 71) South Caulfield, Victoria, Australia |
| Resting place | St Kilda Cemetery |
| Political party | Labor (to 1916, from 1927) National Labor (1916–17) Nationalist (1917–19) Independent (1919–27) |
| Spouses | Elizabeth Broadhurst
(m. 1885; died 1894)Bertha Hopton (m. 1896) |
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