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James Macfarlane (1844-1914)
Senator for Tasmania 1901-1910 |
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James Macfarlane was born in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in Tasmania around 1870. With his brother he formed Macfarlane Brothers which became one of the colony’s leading shipping businesses. He was Chairman of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce.
At the first federal election in 1901 Macfarlane was elected to represent Tasmania as a Freetrader in the Senate. He was active in the first Senate on matters relating to shipping and navigation, including the Select Committee appointed to inquire into steamship communication between the Australian mainland and Tasmania in 1901, and was a member of the Royal Commission on the Navigation Bill 1904-06. Macfarlane was defeated in the election of 1910.
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