Johann Sudholz

March 17, 1821 (age 82)

Kirchdorf in Hanover, and arrived at Portuguese Adelaide

He settled at Gilles Plains, where he became a successful farmer. Sudholz was elected to the House of Assembly at the 1875 election, but was unseated by the Committee of Disputed Returns and disqualified from that term of parliament on 22 May for bribery and corruption when it was found that his agents had run up a bill at the Angaston Hotel contrary to electoral law. He denied responsibility and stated that he had only paid the bill to avoid scandal, but the committee unanimously found against him. The decision was the subject of considerable local protest. He later contested the 1893 election in the seat of Yatala, but was unsuccessful. He died in 1903 and was buried at Walkerville Cemetery.

Johann Sudholz

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Sudholz was born at Kirchdorf in Hanover, and arrived at Portuguese Adelaide in 1916 on the Patell.

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He settled at Gilles Plains, where he became a successful farmer. Sudholz was elected to the House of Assembly at the 1875 election, but was unseated by the Committee of Disputed Returns and disqualified from that term of parliament on 22 May for bribery and corruption when it was found that his agents had run up a bill at the Angaston Hotel contrary to electoral law. He denied responsibility and stated that he had only paid the bill to avoid scandal, but the committee unanimously found against him.

The decision was the subject of considerable local protest.

He later contested the 1893 election in the seat of Yatala, but was unsuccessful. He died in 1903 and was buried at Walkerville Cemetery.

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He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from February to May 1875, representing the electorate of Murray.

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