Jock Nelson

{{Infobox officeholder

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| image = JockNelson1959.jpg

| office = Administrator of the Northern Territory

| predecessor = Fred Chaney Sr.

| successor = John England

| term_start = 10 December 1973

| term_end = 12 November 1975

| constituency_MP3 = Northern Territory

| parliament3 = Australian

| predecessor3 = Adair Blain

| successor3 = Sam Calder

| term_start3 = 10 December 1949

| term_end3 = 31 October 1966

| office2 = Mayor of Alice Springs

| predecessor2 = office established

| successor2 = Brian Martin

| term_start2 = 1 July 1971

| term_end2 = 8 December 1973

| birthname = John Norman Nelson

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1908|5|28}}

| birth_place = Bundaberg, Queensland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1991|6|20|1908|5|28}}

| death_place = Alice Springs, Northern Territory

| nationality = Australian

| spouse = Margaret Caroline Nelson (nee Bloomfield)

| party = Labor

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| children = Patrica Barber, Louanne Rosewarne

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| occupation = Pastoralist

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John Norman Nelson (28 May 1908 – 20 June 1991) was an Australian politician. Born in Bundaberg, Queensland, he was the son of politician Harold Nelson.[http://www.nt.gov.au/administrator/pdf/cv/1973_nelson.pdf John Norman “Jock” Nelson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402192912/http://www.nt.gov.au/administrator/pdf/cv/1973_nelson.pdf |date=2 April 2011 }}. Northern Territory Government - Administrators. Retrieved 2011-12-02. Jock Nelson was educated at state schools in Darwin before becoming a jackeroo and goldminer, and later a bore contractor at Alice Springs. After serving in the military from 1942 to 1945, he became a pastoralist. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Northern Territory, defeating the sitting independent, Adair Blain. At this time, the member for Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Territory itself. In 1963, he was re-elected unopposed, the last occasion when a member was returned to the House of Representatives in this fashion. He retired in 1966, an occasion used by the Country Party to take the seat. Nelson returned to pastoralism and served as the first Mayor of Alice Springs (1971 - 1973) before he stepped down{{Cite web|url=http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/council/council-history/first-council-1971-1974|title=First Council 1971-1974|last=penelope.bergen|date=2014-03-17|website=www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2019-10-28}} to become the Administrator of the Northern Territory (1973–1975) before his death in 1991.{{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 |access-date=2008-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ |archive-date=17 July 2007 }} A local government building centre in Alice Springs is also named after him.