James Farrer (Australian politician)
James Farish Farrer (6 January 1876 – 6 July 1967) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Modewarre, where he attended state school before qualifying as a woolclasser. He became a grazier at Modewarre and later at Pirron Yallock, and on 28 February 1914 married Alice Annie Jenkins, with whom he had two sons. In 1906 he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Barwon. A Liberal, he served until his defeat in 1917. Farrer retired around 1929 and died in Richmond in 1967.[1]
References
- ↑ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Farrer, James Farish". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
| Victorian Legislative Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by Jonas Levien |
Member for Barwon 1906–1917 |
Succeeded by Duncan McLennan |
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