James Clarke Cribb (1856 - 1926) was a businessman and politician in

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, Australia . He was a

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Early life

James Clarke Cribb was born 4 October 1856 at

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, the son of

Benjamin Cribb Benjamin Cribb (7 November 1807 – 11 March 1874) was an Australian businessman and politician. He was an unaligned Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term in 1858–1859 and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Asse ...

) and his second wife, Clarissa Foote (the sister of

John Clarke Foote John Clarke Foote (1822–1895) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life John Clarke Foote was born on 10 July 1822 in Calne, Wiltshire, England, the son of Joseph Foote (a ha ...

). His middle name ''Clarke'' was the maiden name of his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Clarke.

Business interests

He followed into the family business of

Cribb & Foote Cribb & Foote was a department store in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, that existed from 1849 until 1985. It was renamed Reid's department store in 1977. Early history Ipswich businessman, Benjamin Cribb Benjamin Cribb (7 November 1807 ...

, a major retailer in Ipswich. Cribb was also a member of the board of the

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, a director of the Ipswich Gas and Coke Company and the Queensland Woollen Mills, and a trustee of the

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. Like his parents, James was an active member of the Ipswich Congregational Church. One of the ambitious projects of the church was the establishment of a Sunday School to educate both adults and children. This required the construction of the large two-storey Congregational Sunday School (now known as the

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and listed on the

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). James Clarke Cribb was appointed superintendent of the Sunday School and by 1895 had 429 scholars and fifty-one teachers under his supervision.

Politics

James Cribb served the family company until 1904, when he was elected to the Bundamba Shire Council, serving a total of 19 years as a state parliamentarian. Cribb was also a member of the board of the

, a director of the Ipswich Gas and Coke Company and the Queensland Woollen Mills, a trustee of the Ipswich and superintendent of the Congregational Sunday School. On 6 May 1893, James Clarke Cribb was elected to the

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in the

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; he held that seat until 21 March 1896. On 18 March 1899, he was elected in the

electoral district of Bundamba Bundamba is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia. The electorate encompasses suburbs in the east and south-east of the City of Ipswich local government area. Major locations include Bund ...

. He held that seat until 27 April 1912, when it became the electoral district of Bremer. On 27 April 1912, he was elected in the

electoral district of Bremer Bremer was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. History Bremer was established as a single-member electorate by the ''Electoral Districts Act of 1872''. However, in 1878, it was abolished and absorbed into the Electora ...

; he held that seat until 22 May 1915. He served for a total of 19 years in the Queensland parliament.

Later life

James Clarke Cribb died on 23 May 1926 at Ipswich and was buried in the

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.Ipswich General Anglican "A" Section
— australiancemeteries.com Retrieved 25 January 2015.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cribb, James Clarke Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1856 births 1926 deaths Burials at Ipswich General Cemetery Pre-Separation Queensland