| Jabez Wright | |
| Order: | 14th Mayor of Broken Hill |
| Term Start: | 16 February 1900 |
| Term End: | 14 February 1901 |
| Predecessor: | John Dunstan |
| Successor: | William John Retallick |
| Office1: | Alderman of the Municipality of Broken Hill |
| Term Start1: | 1896 |
| Term End1: | 1902 |
| Constituency Mp2: | Willyama |
| Parliament2: | New South Wales |
| Term Start2: | 6 December 1913 |
| Term End2: | 18 February 1920 |
| Predecessor2: | New Seat |
| Successor2: | Seat Abolished |
| Birth Date: | 1852 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Greenwich, England |
| Death Place: | Bondi, New South Wales |
| Restingplace: | Waverley Cemetery |
| Party: | Labor Party |
| Spouse: | Honora Kearney |
| Children: | 4 |
| Occupation: | Carpenter, Undertaker |
Jabez Wright (25 April 1852 - 10 September 1922) was an English-born Australian politician.
Wright was born at Greenwich in England, the son of Jabez Gladstone Wright. He worked in North and South America before moving to South Australia, eventually settling in Broken Hill around 1888. On 15 January 1878 Wright had married Honora Kearney, with whom he had four children. He worked as a carpenter and then as an undertaker, and was a member of the Australian Workers' Union. From 1896 to 1902 Wright was an alderman at Broken Hill. He rose to be mayor from 1900 to 1901, the first Labor Mayor in the world.[1] [2] He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1913 as the Labor member for Willyama. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920 Wright was defeated running for Sturt, but filled the vacancy caused by the murder of Percy Brookfield in 1921. Wright himself caused a vacancy a year later when he died at Bondi.[3]