James Campbell (1820 – 30 September 1879) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
Biography
He was the son of farmers David and Dorothy Campbell, and migrated to New South Wales in 1845. He had married Eliza Jane Nunn on the Isle of Man; they had one child. He set up a store at Morpeth. In 1858 he moved to Sydney to partner in a merchant house. In 1864 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Morpeth, serving until his retirement in 1874. Campbell died at Robertson in 1879. Elected as a Councillor in 1866 for Waverley Ward on the Waverley Municipal Council, and serving until 1870 as an Alderman, Campbell lived in Waverley in his later years and was buried in Waverley Cemetery.
References
- "Mr James Campbell (1820-1879)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- "Suburban municipal elections". Sydney Mail. 10 February 1866. p. 8. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via Trove.
- "Mr James Campbell". Australian Town and Country Journal. 11 October 1879. p. 32. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via Trove.
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| Preceded byEdward Close | Member for Morpeth 1864–1874 |
Succeeded byRobert Wisdom |