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 Pirron Yallock is a town in western Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Princes Highway (route A1), where route C163 branches off towards Timboon and Nullawarre. Pirron Yallock is on the banks of Pirron Yallock Creek, which flows into L ...

, and on 28 February 1914 married Alice Annie Jenkins, with whom he had two sons. In 1906 he won a by-election for the

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seat of Barwon. A Liberal, he served until his defeat in 1917. Farrer retired around 1929 and died in

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in 1967.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Farrer, James 1876 births 1967 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly