Background
He was born at Newburgh in Fifeshire to farmer Andrew Wetherspoon and Helen Marr.
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John Wetherspoon
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He migrated to New South Wales in 1853, becoming a shepherd in New England and then an overseer, eventually managing a station on the Liverpool Plains. He was closely involved with the Farmers and Settlers Association, serving as an executive member from 1901 to 1914 and as vice-president from 1904 to 1909 and from 1911 to 1914. In 1908 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Liberal.
He held his seat until his death near Glen Innes in 1928.
