James Hart (1825–1873) was a politician in 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 ...
.
Early life
Hart was born in
Carlow, Ireland in 1825. He was son of William Hart and Mary Cahill. Hart arrived in
New South Wales
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in 1841. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1853. He practised in Sydney and was part owner of a practice.
Politics
Hart began his career in politics in 1858 when
Abram Moriarty
Abram Orpen Moriarty (1830 – 22 May 1918) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
Early life
Moriarty was born in County Cork to Merion Marshall Moriarty and Anne Orpen. The family migrated to Sydney in 1843 and he became a clerk in t ...
resigned from the seat of
New England and Macleay in the colony's north. He won the show of hands and was declared elected when neither candidate called for a poll.
The seat was abolished in 1859, replaced by
New England
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and
Tenterfield
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, with Hart successfully contesting New England at the
1859 election, winning by a mere two votes, a result that was upheld by the Elections and Qualifications Committee. At the
1860 election, Hart won the election for the seat of
Bathurst in the colony's west on 6 December 1860. As such, he withdrew from the
New England contest which was held on 24 December. At the following election in
1864–65, Hart changed seats again when he elected to the multi-member electorate of
East Sydney. He did not recontest the
1869–70 election but Hart re-entered the parliament in 1870 after winning the
Monara by-election caused by the death of
Daniel Egan. Hart retired from parliament in February 1872.
Personal life
Hart married Harriet Dawson on 7 September 1843.
Death
Hart died in
Illalong, New South Wales on .
References
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Date of birth missing
1825 births
1873 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Australian people of Irish descent
19th-century Australian politicians