Alfred James | |
Constituency Am1: | Logan |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 16 March 1918 |
Term End1: | 9 October 1920 |
Predecessor1: | James Stodart |
Successor1: | Reginald King |
Birth Date: | 25 August 1887 |
Birth Place: | Warragul, Victoria, Australia |
Birthname: | Alfred Arthur James |
Spouse: | Eliese Ebert (m.1910) |
Party: | Labor |
Otherparty: | Country Party |
Occupation: | Farmhand |
Alfred Arthur James (25 August 1887 – 12 February 1938) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
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.[1]
On 30 April 1910 he married Eliese Ebert in Prahran and together had three daughters. James died in February 1938.[1]
James, representing the Labor Party, won the seat of Logan at the 1918 Queensland state election, defeating Reginald King, the National candidate.[2] By the time of the 1920 state election, James had switched to the Country Party but lost to his 1918 opponent, Reginald King.[3]