Mr James Buchanan (1827 - 1891)

Date of birth:

Mon 01 January 1827

Place of birth:

Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia

Date of death:

Wed 09 December 1891

Place of death:

Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary activity

Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.

Positions
PositionStartEndPeriodNotes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly Tue 07 April 1863Thu 10 November 18641 year 7 months 4 days
Member for Goldfields North Tue 07 April 1863Thu 10 November 18641 year 7 months 4 days
Biography

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Goldfields commissioner in the New England area on entering Parliament. At a later time became a Stipendiary Magistrate and by the time he retired, around 1887, he presided over the Central Police Court in Sydney.

Additional information

Waugh's Australian Almanac, 1860; New South Wales Law Almanac, 1870; Sydney Morning Herald, 10 December, 1891 p1; 11 December, 1891, p5; New England Politics 1856 - 1865 (BA Hons thesis, University of New England, 1958).

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