Members’ biographical register

James Gardiner

House

MLA

Party

Liberal to 1914 Country Party 1914–1917 then Country Party Nationalist President National Political League

Date first elected

24 April 1901

Year Retired/Resigned

1921

Electorate(s)

Albany

Inaugural Speech

Valedictory Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Albany 24 April 1901–28 June 1904; Irwin 21 October 1914–12 March 1921
Contested Irwin 30 October 1911

Office

Colonial Treasurer 1 July 1902–28 April 1904, 28 June 1917–1 April 1919
Speaker 1 March–28 June 1917
First Parliamentary Leader of Country Party in Western Australia November 1914–March 1915

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

27 October 1928

Cause of death

Place of death

Westminster Hospital, Perth, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

1895

Occupation

Farmer and auctioneer

Employment History

Spent three years with South Australian Carrying Company
Circa 1882–1893 with William Hamilton and Company, stock and station agents, Victoria
Established Western Australian branch of Gordon and Gotch
1900 began own business
Director Commercial Union Assurance Company (Western Australian branch), South Perth Ferry Company
Owned farm near Moora

Local Government

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Arrived Australia 1867
Chairman first Cricket Council of Western Australia

References

D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2010, p. 77.

Bibliography

Further Information

'Gardiner, James (1861–1928)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gardiner-james-6276/text10817, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 21 December 2015.