James Abraham Hurst (29 December 1880 – 1 April 1964) was an Australian politician. He was born in

Zeehan Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia south-west of Burnie. It is part of the West Coast Council, along with the seaport Strahan, and neighbouring mining towns of Dundas, Rosebery and Queenstown. History The greater ...

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. In 1910 he was elected to the

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as a

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member for

Darwin, Tasmania *''See also the Australian federal electoral Division of Darwin (1903–1955) for the electoral division now known as Division of Braddon'' Darwin was a surveyed and short-lived community at the eastern side of Mount Darwin on the West Coast ...

. He was defeated in 1912 but returned to the House in 1919, serving in the Lyons Labor government until his resignation in 1926. Hurst died in 1964 at

Warragul Warragul is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north. As of the , the town had a population of 19,8 ...

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1880 births 1964 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania 20th-century Australian politicians People from Zeehan {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub