James Aitchison Johnston Hunter (4 July 1882 – 27 October 1968) was an Australian politician. Hunter was born at

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, near Glasgow, Scotland and migrated with his family to

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in 1884 educated there. He joined the state public service and became an accountant in the

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ways. In 1908, he married Florence Phoebe Nason, who came from a family of pastoralists established near

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. She predeceased him in 1960 aged 76. In 1912, he set up as a public accountant at Dalby. Hunter, James Aitchison Johnston (1882–1968)
—

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Hunter won the

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seat of Maranoa at a 1921 by-election. In November 1934 he was appointed a minister without portfolio in the

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. He was not reappointed to the ministry after the November 1937 election. In 1936, he cofounded the Queensland Country Party, which replaced the

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in Queensland. He retired from parliament ahead of the November 1940 election. Hunter died at a retirement home in the Brisbane suburb of Sandgate and was buried in

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.Hunter James Aitchinson Johnston
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 3 January 2015. He was survived by his two sons.

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— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, James Aitchison Johnston National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Maranoa Members of the Cabinet of Australia 1882 births 1968 deaths Burials at Toowong Cemetery 20th-century Australian politicians Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia Politicians from Brisbane People from Springburn