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James Alexander Hogue (2 September 1846 – 2 August 1920) was an Australian journalist and politician.
He was born at
Clarence Town
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Clarence Town is the capital of Long Island and has a population of 86 people as of 2010.[New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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as the
Free Trade
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member for
Glebe
Glebe (; also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s))McGurk 1970, p. 17 is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. The land may be owned by the church, or its profits may be reserved ...
.
In 1898 he was appointed Minister of Public Instruction and Minister for Labour and Industry, serving until 1899. He was Colonial Secretary from 1904 to 1907 and Minister of Public Instruction from 1907 to 1910,
[ when he lost his seat.]
Hogue died at Mosman
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in 1920 and was buried at Waverley Cemetery.
Hogue Place, in the Canberra suburb of Gilmore, is named in his and his son Oliver Hogue's honour.
References
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1846 births
1920 deaths
Free Trade Party politicians
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Australian journalists