James Thomson (Australian politician)

James Thomson (born 1856, date of death unknown) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.

For the similarly named NSW politician James Thompson who was the member for St Vincent (1856–1857), see James Thompson (Australian politician).
For the similarly named NSW politician James Thompson who was the member for Queanbeyan (1877–1881), see James Banford Thompson.

He worked as a miner in Fifeshire from the age of twelve, later moving to Lanarkshire. He migrated to New South Wales in 1874 and worked at the a number of mines, serving as President of the Miners' Association. From 1895 to 1901 he was the Labor member for Newcastle West in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.<[1]

References
  1. "Mr James Thomson (1856 - )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
James Ellis		 Member for Newcastle West
1895–1901		 Succeeded by
Owen Gilbert
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.