James Garland (13 August 1813 – 17 November 1904) was an Australian politician and a member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...

for one term between 1856 and 1857.

Early life

Garland was born in Aberdeenshire and was the son of a tenant farmer. He was mentored by two Presbyterian clergymen and through their sponsorship he was educated at

King's College, Aberdeen King's College in Old Aberdeen, Scotland, the full title of which is The University and King's College of Aberdeen (''Collegium Regium Abredonense''), is a formerly independent university founded in 1495 and now an integral part of the Universi ...

. Garland purchased an army commission and was transferred with the 28th Regiment to New South Wales in 1836. He left the army in 1837 and accrued significant pastoral interests. With Edward Bingham he established a stock and station agency in Tamworth but was bankrupted through this endeavour in 1861. He was the Superintendent of Police in Tamworth between 1862 and 1882.

Colonial Parliament

Garland was elected to the first

convened after the establishment of responsible self-government in 1856. He represented the 2 member seat of Lachlan and Lower Darling. He did not hold a ministerial or parliamentary position, and did not contest the 1858 election. Two further attempts at election to the Assembly were unsuccessful.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garland, James 1813 births 1904 deaths Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians