James Blanksby (1857 – 5 February 1924) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Burwood in Victoria to blacksmith William Blanksby and Millicent Holmes. He was a minister in the Primitive Methodist Church. On 11 April 1883 he married Elizabeth Irvine Penman, with whom he had six children.[1] He resigned from the ministry to unsuccessfully run for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Newcastle West at the 1894 election, finishing 3rd with a margin of 160 votes (11.8%). He ran again 1895 election, but was narrowly defeated by the Labour candidate with a margin of 12 votes (1.1%).[2] Later that year he became the manager of the Newcastle and Country Building Society,[1] and was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council.[3] He was generally considered a Free Trader, although one with Labour sympathies. He resigned from the Council in 1901 in order to become Secretary to the Miners' Accident Relief Board, a position he held until 1920. Blanksby died in Lakemba in 1924.[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mr James Blanksby (1857-1924)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Summons to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 528. 8 August 1895. p. 5075. Retrieved 19 May 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "Death of Mr James Blanksby". The Methodist. 16 February 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2021 – via Trove.
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