James Simpson (Australian politician)
- James Simpson (Australian politician)
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name = James Simpson
nationality =Australian
birth_date = 22 January 1905
birth_place = Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
constituency =Lake Macquarie
party =Australian Labor Party
profession =
religion =
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James Simpson was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Simpson was Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland and educated at Dykehead public school. He started work at the age of fourteen as a coal miner. He arrived in New South Wales with his parents in 1921 and worked in Stockton Borehole Colliery at Cockle Creek until was seriously injured in a mining accident in 1924 and had to be hospitalised for seven months. He studied commercial subjects and was employed by Northern Districts Miners' Federation as its assistant secretary in 1927. He was secretary of the federation from 1940 to 1950. He married Grace Ellen Gallimore in May 1941 and they had one daughter and two sons.[cite web]
title =Mr James Brunton Simpson (1905 - 1968)
work =Members of Parliament
publisher =Parliament of New South Wales
url =http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/b71d402225756d37ca256e59007d00f1!OpenDocument
accessdate = 2007-09-13 ] Simpson was elected as the Australian Labor Party for the member for Lake Macquarie in 1950 and was re-elected in the seat until his death. he was Minister Without Portfolio from March 1956 to November 1957 and then Minister for Mines until May 1965 when the Renshaw government was defeated. He died in Sydney.[ ]Notes
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NAME=Sinclair, Colin Archibald
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH= 22 January 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH=Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH= 10 December 1968
PLACE OF DEATH=Sydney
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