John von Stieglitz | |
Office: | Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Evandale |
Term Start: | 22 May 1891 |
Term End: | 2 April 1903 |
Predecessor: | John Falkiner |
Successor: | Seat abolished |
Birthname: | John Charles von Stieglitz |
Birth Date: | 1844 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Launceston, Tasmania |
Death Place: | Hazelbrook, New South Wales |
John Charles von Stieglitz (18 November 1844 – 26 May 1916) was an Australian politician.
Von Stieglitz was born in Launceston in Tasmania in 1844. He worked as a surveyor in North Queensland and is believed to have named Thuringowa after his ancestral home of Thuringia.[1] In 1891 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the seat of Evandale. He served his seat was abolished in 1903; he was defeated contesting North Esk. He died in 1916 in Hazelbrook, New South Wales.[2]