James Alexander Heaslip | |
Parliament: | South Australian |
Birth Date: | 11 October 1900 |
Children: | one son, three daughters |
Occupation: | Farmer and grazier |
James Alexander Heaslip (11 October 1900 – 13 August 1988) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Rocky River from 1949 to 1968 for the Liberal and Country League.[1]
Heaslip was born in Carrieton and educated at the Appila State School and Prince Alfred College. He was a farmer and grazier, as well as a director of Grosvenor Hotel Ltd and a number of other companies. He was vice-president of the South Australian Wheat and Woolgrowers' Association, a member of the University of Adelaide council from 1959 to 1961 and a member of the Primary Producers Assistance Committee from 1968 to 1971.[2] [3]
He married Nellie Burston McMurray in 1930. They had one son and three daughters.[2]