James Tully (Australian politician)

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James Thomas Tully (1877 – 15 October 1962) was an Australian politician. Born in Grafton, New South Wales, he was educated at state schools before becoming a farmer and teacher in Tullamore. In 1919, he unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of New England for the Australian Labor Party. He moved to Sydney in 1922, where he continued to teach. In 1928, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Barton, defeating incumbent Nationalist Thomas Ley. He retained the seat until 1921, when he was challenged by both the United Australia Party's Albert Lane and Lang Labor's John Eldridge, the member for Martin. Lane won the seat, making it the only time in Australian history that two sitting members have been simultaneously defeated for the same seat.^[1]

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Thomas Ley	Member for Barton 1928 – 1931	Succeeded by Albert Lane

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NAME	Tully, James Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1877
PLACE OF BIRTH	Grafton, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH	15 October 1962
PLACE OF DEATH