Died 25 December 1955 | ||
John Joseph "Jack" Holland (3 September 1877 – 25 December 1955) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Carlton to police officer Thomas Holland and Johanna Quigley. He worked as a fitter and postal mechanic, and on 18 July 1908 married Agnes Mary Ryan, with whom he had seven children. In 1925 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Flemington. He was also president and secretary of the local branch of the party, served on the state executive, and was president of the Victorian Labor Party from 1935 to 1936. In September 1943 he briefly served as Minister of Public Works. In 1945 he moved seats to Footscray, but returned to Flemington in 1955. He died at Kensington later that year and was succeeded by his son Kevin.