James Price (6 August 1864 – 21 May 1910) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1905 until his death, representing the seat of Fremantle. He served as a minister in the government of

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. Price was born in

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, England. He worked at the

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before migrating to

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in 1891, where he took up farming at Renmark. Price moved to Western Australia in 1897, establishing a steam

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. He was elected to the North Fremantle Municipal Council in 1901.James Price
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 May 2016. At the 1905 state election, he stood for parliament as a Ministerialist (a supporter of the government of

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), and defeated the sitting

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candidate,

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. In May 1906, following Rason's resignation, Price was named Minister for Works in the new ministry formed by Newton Moore, although he had been in parliament for less than a year. He resigned in June 1909 on medical grounds, but was retained in the ministry as an honorary minister. In early 1910, Price left Australia for what was described as a "health trip" to England. He was taken ill on the voyage, and was taken to hospital once his ship had reached

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, South Africa, where he lingered for two months before dying.

James Price Point James Price Point is a headland in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is north of Broome. James Price Point was the proposed location of the Browse LNG gas terminal. The controversial proposal by Woodside Petroleum and its joint ...

, a geographical feature in the Kimberley, was named in his honour, as was Price Street in South Fremantle.

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