James McLachlan (Victorian politician)

James Weir McLachlan (16 August 1862 – 18 September 1938) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Harcourt to saddler William Ramsay McLachlan and Mary Weir. He attended state schools and was a pupil teacher before inheriting the family's Sale saddlery. He worked as a journalist for the Gippsland Times. In 1908 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Gippsland North. He married Celia Sarah Hearn on 23 December 1912; they had two children. He resigned from the Labor Party over conscription in 1916 and was a member of the National Labor Party, but he did not join the Nationalist Party and remained in the Assembly as an independent. Known for his eccentricity, he generally supported governments of all three parties. McLachlan held his seat until his death in 1938.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "McLachlan, James Weir". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Hubert Keogh		 Member for Gippsland North
1908–1938 		Succeeded by
Alexander Borthwick
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