| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| John Hodges | |
| Office: | Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs |
| Primeminister: | Malcolm Fraser |
| Term Start: | 7 May 1982 |
| Term End: | 11 March 1983 |
| Predecessor: | Ian Macphee |
| Successor: | Stewart West |
| Constituency Mp2: | Petrie |
| Parliament2: | Australian |
| Predecessor2: | Dean Wells |
| Successor2: | Gary Johns |
| Term Start2: | 1 December 1984 |
| Term End2: | 11 July 1987 |
| Predecessor3: | Marshall Cooke |
| Successor3: | Dean Wells |
| Term Start3: | 18 May 1974 |
| Term End3: | 5 March 1983 |
| Birth Date: | 1937 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Death Date: | 14 November 2024 (aged 87) |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Occupation: | Pharmacist |
John Charles Hodges (3 October 1937 – 14 November 2024) was an Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs in the Fraser government from 1982 to 1983. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1974 to 1983 and from 1984 to 1987, representing the Queensland seat of Petrie.
Hodges was born in Brisbane on 3 October 1937.[1] He was raised in Cooktown, Queensland.
Hodges was a pharmaceutical chemist by profession. He served on the Redcliffe City Council from 1967 to 1976, including as deputy mayor from 1970.[1]
Hodges was elected to the Liberal Party's Queensland state executive in 1973.[1] The following year, he defeated incumbent single-term MP Marshall Cooke for Liberal preselection in the seat of Petrie.[2] He retained the seat for the Liberal Party at the 1974 election.[1]
In 1978, Hodges was appointed as deputy government whip in the House of Representatives.[1] He was appointed Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs in the Fraser government in May 1982 following a ministerial reshuffle.[3] As immigration minister, he supported the government's official policy of multiculturalism. At a policy forum in August 1982 he stated that Australia had never been a monocultural society, but that "multiculturalism can become a reality only when it is accepted by the nation as a whole"[4]
Hodges lost his seat to the Australian Labor Party (ALP) candidate Dean Wells at the 1983 election.[5] Howoever, he reclaimed Petrie for the Liberal Party at the 1984 election.[6] He supported John Howard against Andrew Peacock in the 1985 Liberal leadership spill.[7] He narrowly lost Petrie a second time at the 1987 election, following the National Party's decision to run a candidate against him in support of "Joh for Canberra" campaign.[6]
In 1987, Hodges and his wife purchased what was then the only pharmacy on Bribie Island, located at Bongaree. They eventually came to own or part-own another three pharmacies on the island, before retiring in 2018.[8] Hodges died on 14 November 2024, at the age of 87.[9]