Ian Pettitt

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}

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| name = Ian Pettitt

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| image = IanPettitt1964.jpg

| constituency_MP = Hume

| parliament = Australian

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| predecessor = Arthur Fuller

| successor = Frank Olley

| term_start = 30 November 1963

| term_end = 2 December 1972

| birthname = John Alexander Pettitt

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1910|9|25}}

| birth_place = Geelong, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1977|12|25|1910|9|25}}

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| nationality = Australian

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| party = Australian Country Party

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| occupation = Farmer

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| allegiance = {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia

| branch = Australian Army

| serviceyears = 1940–1943

| rank = Gunner

| unit = 2nd Anti Aircraft Regiment

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John Alexander Pettitt{{cite news|title=Members know nothing of group|work=The Canberra Times|date=16 December 1966}}{{cite news|title=The backroom brain tackles a local farmer|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 November 1966}} (25 September 1910 – 25 December 1977) was an Australian politician. Born in Geelong, Victoria, he was educated at Geelong College before becoming a farmer at Harden, New South Wales. He served in the military from 1940 to 1943.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=440677 |title=World War II Nominal Roll |access-date=8 November 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003319/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=440677 |url-status=dead }} In 1963, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Country Party member for Hume, defeating Labor member Arthur Fuller. He held the seat until 1972, when he was defeated by Labor's Frank Olley. He died on Christmas Day 1977.{{cite web|last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Australian Election Archive |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-05-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ |archivedate=17 July 2007 }}