James Robinson (1860 – 16 September 1922) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at Aughantane near

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to farmer John Robinson and Jane Moore. On 15 June 1886 he married Elizabeth Colquhoun Robinson, with whom he had a daughter. He migrated to Australia in 1886 and from 1888 ran his own business in

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. In 1896 he sold out and worked for Griffiths Brothers as a manager from 1921. He was involved with the Nationalist Party, serving on its council from 1917 to 1922 and as president of the Kogarah and

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branches. On 4 July 1922 he was appointed to the

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, but he died less than three months later at Croydon on 16 September 1922.

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1860 births 1922 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council British emigrants to colonial Australia {{Australia-Nationalist-politician-stub