John Madigan (politician)

John Joseph Madigan (21 July 1966  16 June 2020) was an Australian blacksmith and politician. He served as a Senator for Victoria from 2011 to 2016. He was elected to the Senate at the 2010 federal election as a member of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP). He resigned from the DLP to become an independent in September 2014, and later launched "John Madigan's Manufacturing and Farming Party" in 2015.

John Madigan
John Madigan circa 2010
Senator for Victoria
In office
1 July 2011  2 July 2016
Leader of John Madigan's Manufacturing and Farming Party
In office
8 April 2015  13 September 2016
Preceded byParty established
Succeeded byParty dissolved
Leader of the Democratic Labour Party
in the Senate
In office
1 July 2011  4 September 2014
LeaderDavid McCabe
Paul Funnell
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Leader of the Democratic Labour Party
in Victoria
In office
21 August 2010  4 September 2014
DeputyRachel Carling-Jenkins
Preceded byPeter Kavanagh
Succeeded byRachel Carling-Jenkins
Deputy Leader of the Democratic Labour Party in Victoria
In office
2008–2009
LeaderPeter Kavanagh
Preceded byMaugerita Kavanagh
Succeeded byRachel Carling-Jenkins
Personal details
Born
John Joseph Madigan

21 July 1966
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died16 June 2020(2020-06-16) (aged 53)
Ballarat Victoria, Australia
Political partyDemocratic Labour (until 2014; 2020)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (2014–15)
Manufacturing and Farming (2015–16)
Country (2016–20)
SpouseTeresa Madigan
Children2
Residence(s)Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
OccupationBlacksmith
Politician

He failed to be re-elected at the 2016 double dissolution election, and the Manufacturing and Farming Party was voluntarily deregistered on 13 September 2016.

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