James Pemell (1816 – 26 March 1906) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in

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to baker James Pemell and his wife Maria. He migrated to

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around 1836 and like his father worked as a baker. On 24 December 1839 he married widow Jane Fish, with whom he had three children. In 1859 he was elected to the

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for West Sydney, but he did not re-contest in 1860. He returned to the Assembly for

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in 1865, but resigned in 1869. Pemell died at Newtown in 1906.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pemell, James 1816 births 1906 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians