Sir John Soundy CBE
Chair of Committees Deputy-President of the Tasmanian Parliament
In office 1948–1952
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Denison
In office 1925–1946
Succeeded by	Robert Harvey
Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Hobart
In office 1946–1952
Preceded by	3 member electorate William Strutt Dennis Lonergan Charles Eady
Succeeded by	Phyllis Benjamin
Lord Mayor of Hobart
In office 1938–1946
Preceded by	Joshua J. Wignall, C.M.G.
Succeeded by	W. W. Osborne
Mayor of Hobart
In office 1925
Preceded by	J. A. McKenzie
Succeeded by	Francis Valentine
In office 1929–1932
Preceded by	J. J. Wignall
Succeeded by	Joshua J. Wignall, C.M.G.
Personal details
Born	(1878-11-14)14 November 1878 Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK
Died	25 October 1960(1960-10-25) (aged 81) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Party	Independent (from 1946) Nationalist (until 1946)

Sir John Soundy CBE (14 November 1878 – 25 October 1960) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Dorchester, Dorset, England. In 1925 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Denison. He concurrently served as Lord Mayor of Hobart from 1938 until 1946, when he resigned from the House to contest the Legislative Council seat of Hobart, successfully. He was Chair of Committees from 1948 to 1952, when he retired from politics. Knighted in 1954, Soundy died in Hobart in 1960.^[1]