John Atkinson (Australian politician)

{{Short description|Australian politician (1850–1943)}}

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| name = John Atkinson

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| caption = John Atkinson in 1913

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1850|03|21}}

| birth_place = Cumberland, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1943|05|19|1850|03|21}}

| death_place = Toowoomba, Australia

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| occupation = Politician

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John Atkinson (21 March 1850 – 19 May 1943) was an English-born Australian politician who was the mayor of Toowoomba, Queensland in 1913 and a Queensland wrestling champion. Born in Cumberland, England, he came to Australia in 1878 took jobs first as a schoolteacher and then as a businessman. He was a Toowoomba City Council alderman in 1907 and from 1910 to 1912. He died in Toowoomba on 19 May 1943, at the age of 93.{{cite web|url=http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=185:atkinsonjohn&catid=110:formermayors&Itemid=117 |title=Atkinson, John |publisher=Toowoomba Regional Council |accessdate=22 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311091321/http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=185%3Aatkinsonjohn&catid=110%3Aformermayors&Itemid=117 |archivedate=11 March 2011 }}{{cite news |title=Mr. John Atkinson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-western-star-mr-john-atkinson/144037813/ |access-date=24 March 2024 |work=The Western Star|date=21 May 1943 |pages=5}}