James Eve
James Eve (1837 – 25 September 1911) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born at Maldon in Essex to farmer James Eve and Lilian Dowsett. He arrived in New South Wales around 1861, worked for a period as a porter and then became a tobacconist at Enfield. He was a local alderman and served as mayor in 1889. On 28 August 1865 he married Martha Nairn at Redfern; they had ten children. In 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Canterbury. He did not contest the 1894 election, but ran unsuccessfully in 1895, 1898 and 1907. Eve died at Mosman in 1911.[1]
References
- ↑ "Mr James Eve (1837 - 1911)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
| New South Wales Legislative Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by John Wheeler |
Member for Canterbury 1891–1894 Served alongside: Thomas Bavister, Joseph Carruthers, Cornelius Danahey |
Succeeded by Varney Parkes |
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