John Tonkin

John Trezise Tonkin was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 3 March 1971 to 8 April 1974. A member of the Labor Party, Tonkin was a minister in the John Willcock, Frank Wise and Bert Hawke governments, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from April 1933 to February 1977, making him the longest-serving member of the Parliament of Western Australia as of 2021.

2 February 1902

Born on the same birth date (2 February 1902): Newbold Morris

Born on the same birth day (2 February): Aleksander Tammert • Arthur Lyman • Bona Sforza • Doris Sams • Frank Albertson • Jascha Heifetz • K. D. Singh • Liz Smith (journalist) • Pope Benedict XIII • Robert Philipp • Ryan Farquhar • William Borlase

Born in the same month (February 1902): Ansel Adams • Arthur Nock • Charles Lindbergh • Cyril Vincent • Demchugdongrub • Gene Sarazen • George Brunies • Harold Lasswell • Kay Boyle • Langston Hughes • Lúcio Costa • Newbold Morris • Thelma Ritter • Therese Brandl • Walter Houser Brattain • William Collier Jr.