John Cramsie (1 February 1832 – 18 February 1910) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in Balymoney in

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to William Cramsie and Ann Boyd. He migrated to

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in 1855, and in 1863 married Lillias Rankin, with whom he had ten children. Before entering politics he was a stock agent in

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. In 1880 he was elected to the

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for

, serving until his retirement in 1887. Cramsie died at Randwick in 1910.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cramsie, John 1832 births 1910 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly