James Henry Cecil Roberts (1 June 1877 – 14 September 1961) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Roberts was born in London, England, the son of Dr Edwin Roberts and his wife Eliza (née Taylor). He was educated privately and also attended

Toowoomba Grammar School , motto_translation = Faithful in All Things , city = Toowoomba , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Independent, day & boarding , denomination = Non-denominational , established = ...

and the

Hawkesbury Agricultural College Hawkesbury Agricultural College was the first agricultural college in New South Wales, Australia, based in Richmond. It operated from 1891 to 1989. It was established on 10 March 1891, and formally opened by Minister for Mines and Agriculture ...

. He was a farmer at ''Croxley'', Kingsthorpe on the Darling Downs in 1898 which by 1920 he had extended to 3500 acres. On 27 March 1901 he married Florence Alice Blackwell in Sydney and together had two sons. Roberts died at Toowoomba in September 1961.

Public life

Roberts, a member of the Country Party, won the seat of Pittsworth in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1920 state election. Pittsworth was abolished before the 1923 state election and Roberts, by now an Independent Country Party member, contested the seat of

Cunningham Cunningham is a surname of Scottish origin, see Clan Cunningham. Notable people sharing this surname A–C *Aaron Cunningham (born 1986), American baseball player *Abe Cunningham, American drummer * Adrian Cunningham (born 1960), Australian ...

but was easily defeated. He was a founder of the Darling Downs Farmers' Union in 1911 and president from 1912 to 1919. From 1931–1941 he was a director of the Downs Co-operative Dairy Farmers' Association. Roberts was also a committee member of the Oakey Agricultural Society and the Royal Agricultural Society.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, James Henry Cecil Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1877 births 1961 deaths National Party (Queensland, 1917) members of the Parliament of Queensland British emigrants to Australia