Alfred Arthur James
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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| name = Alfred James
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| constituency_AM1 = Logan
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 16 March 1918
| term_end1 = 9 October 1920
| predecessor1 = James Stodart
| successor1 = Reginald King
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|8|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Warragul, Victoria, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1938|2|12|1887|8|25|df=y}}
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| birthname = Alfred Arthur James
| spouse = Eliese Ebert (m.1910)
| party = Labor
| otherparty = Country Party
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Alfred Arthur James (25 August 1887 – 12 February 1938) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=886121798|accessdate=21 May 2016}}
Biography
James was born in Warragul, Victoria, the son of Samuel Arthur James and his wife Alice (née Cleak). He was educated in Warragul and after leaving school he worked as a farmhand. He then was a journalist and editor for the Producer in Caboolture.
On 30 April 1910 he married Eliese Ebert in Prahran and together had three daughters. James died in February 1938.
Public career
James, representing the Labor Party, won the seat of Logan at the 1918 Queensland state election, defeating Reginald King, the National candidate.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20465804 |title=SUMMARY OF POLLING. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=19,571 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=11 October 1920 |accessdate=21 May 2016 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}} By the time of the 1920 state election, James had switched to the Country Party but lost to his 1918 opponent, Reginald King.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20620860 |title=SUMMARY OF POLLING. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=20,376 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=14 May 1923 |accessdate=21 May 2016 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland