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Mr James Brunton SIMPSON (1905 - 1968)

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Date of Birth: 22/01/1905
Place of Birth: Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of Death: 10/12/1968
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Lake Macquarie 24 Feb 1968 10 Dec 1968 9 months 17 days
Member for Lake Macquarie 01 May 1965 23 Jan 1968 2 years 8 months 24 days
Minister for Mines 14 Mar 1962 13 May 1965 3 years 2 months
Member for Lake Macquarie 03 Mar 1962 31 Mar 1965 3 years 29 days
Minister for Mines 01 Apr 1959 14 Mar 1962 2 years 11 months 14 days
Member for Lake Macquarie 21 Mar 1959 05 Feb 1962 2 years 10 months 16 days
Secretary for Mines 22 Nov 1957 01 Apr 1959 1 year 4 months 11 days
Minister Without Portfolio 15 Mar 1956 22 Nov 1957 1 year 8 months 8 days
Member for Lake Macquarie 03 Mar 1956 16 Feb 1959 2 years 11 months 14 days
Member for Lake Macquarie 19 Jan 1953 06 Feb 1956 3 years 19 days
Member for Lake Macquarie 17 Jun 1950 14 Jan 1953 2 years 6 months 29 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 17 Jun 1950 10 Dec 1968 18 years 5 months 24 days
Political Party Activity
Socialist Labor Party in 1919. Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1921, member of central executive 1945 - 1950.
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Miner and union secretary. Educated at Pykehead public school, Scotland, commenced work at age fourteen in coal mines; arrived in New South Wales with parents in 1921, worked in Stockton Borehole Colliery, Cockle Creek until seriously injured in a mining accident in 1924; was hospitalised for seven months, studied commercial subjects, employed by Northern Districts Miners' Federation as assistant secretary in 1927, secretary from 1940 - 1950; delegate to International Labor Organisation conference in Geneva in 1947; advisory committee Newcastle University College 1959 - 1962; keen soccer player in youth, member of Soccer State League Council.
Military Service
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Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of William Simpson, coalminer, and lodge secretary, and Annie Russell Brunton. Married Grace Ellen Gallimore on 24 May 1941 and had issue, 1 daughter and 2 sons. Funeral at Beresfield cemetery from St Phillip's Presbyterian church in Newcastle.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.