Jens Jensen (politician)
Jens Jensen | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Trade and Customs | |
| In office 17 February 1917 – 13 December 1918 | |
| Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | William Archibald |
| Succeeded by | William Watt |
| Minister for the Navy | |
| In office 12 July 1915 – 17 February 1917 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Fisher Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Cook |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Bass | |
| In office 13 April 1910 – 13 December 1919 | |
| Preceded by | David Storrer |
| Succeeded by | Syd Jackson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 May 1865 Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 16 November 1936 (aged 71) South Caulfield, Victoria, Australia |
| Resting place | St Kilda Cemetery |
| Political party | Labor (to 1916, from 1927) National Labor (1916–17) Nationalist (1917–19) Independent (1919–27) |
| Spouses | Elizabeth Broadhurst
(m. 1885; died 1894)Bertha Hopton (m. 1896) |
Jens August Jensen (2 May 1865 – 16 November 1936) was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1910 to 1919. He was a minister in the governments of Andrew Fisher and Billy Hughes, serving as Minister for the Navy from 1915 to 1917 and Minister for Trade and Customs from 1917 to 1918.