James Gordon (Australian politician)

James Gordon (27 June 1845 22 November 1914) was an Australian politician.

He was born at Braidwood to pastoralist Hugh Gordon and Mary Macarthur. He was educated at Macquarie Fields and then became a solicitor's clerk, being admitted as a solicitor in 1869. 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. Gordon died at Young in 1914.[1]

References

  1. "Mr James Gordon (1845 - 1914)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Gerald Spring
Member for Young
1887–1889
Served alongside: James Mackinnon
Succeeded by
John Gough
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