James Gordon (Australian politician)

James Gordon (27 June 1845 – 22 November 1914) was a politician and solicitor in New South Wales, Australia.

Mr James Gordon MLA for Young

He was born at Braidwood to pastoralist Hugh Gordon and Mary Macarthur.[1] His grandfather was Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur. He was educated at Macquarie Fields by his uncle, the Reverend George Fairfowl Macarthur. He became an articled clerk to solicitor John Dunsmore then an associate to John Hargrave in the District Court before being admitted as a solicitor in 1869.[2] He settled in Young, and on 9 January 1872 married Eleanor Jamieson Grant, with whom he had seven children. In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for Young. He was defeated in 1889.[3]

Gordon died at Young on 22 November 1914(1914-11-22) (aged 69).[1]

References
  1. "Mr James Gordon (1845-1914)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. "Mr J Gordon MLA for Young". Australian Town and Country Journal. 2 April 1887. p. 10. Retrieved 3 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Young". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

 

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