Claude James

Sir Claude Ernest Weymouth James (24 February 1878 – 27 August 1961) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Launceston. In 1925 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Bass, initially as a member of Walter Lee's "Liberal" grouping. By 1928 he had joined the Nationalist Party. He served a period as a minister. In 1937 he retired from the House, becoming Tasmania's Agent-General in London, a position he held until 1950. He was knighted in 1941, and died in Launceston.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Parliament of Tasmania (2005). "James, Sir Claude Ernest Weymouth". The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856. Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 4 August 2013.


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