Major James Barclay Shand VD (1870 – 21 December 1944) was an Australian politician. Born at Pyrmont to joiner George Sand and Elizabeth, ''née'' Burns, Shand was educated at Fort Street Public School before working as a clerk with Harrison, Jones and Devlin, a wool and stock firm. He married Ann Donald in 1896, with whom he had three children, and served on

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from 1905 to 1911. He eventually became secretary of Harrison, Jones and Devlin and oversaw its amalgamation with

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. After visiting the

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and Europe in 1914, he enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in 1915, and served with the Mining Corps until he was invalided home in 1917 and stationed at Molongolo Concentration Camp as the quartermaster. In 1922, he received the

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. He was secretary of the Master Butchers' Federation until 1926. In 1926, Shand was elected to the

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as a member for Cumberland, representing the Nationalist Party. When single-member districts were re-introduced in 1927 he was elected the member for Hornsby. He was an honorary minister from 1935 to 1938, but began to fall out with what had become the

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. He resigned from the party in 1941 and contested

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as an independent UAP candidate, winning the seat. He was re-elected in 1944 but died later that year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shand, James 1870 births 1944 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Independent members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly New South Wales local councillors Politicians from Sydney