Bert James

For the professional baseball player, see Bert James (baseball).

Albert James
Member of the Australian Parliament for Hunter
In office 9 April 1960 – 19 September 1980
Preceded by	H. V. Evatt
Succeeded by	Bob Brown
Personal details
Born	22 September 1914(1914-09-22) Collie, Western Australia
Died	30 September 2006(2006-09-30) (aged 92) Booragul, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Relations	Rowley James (father)
Occupation	Policeman

Albert William James (22 September 1914 – 30 September 2006) was an Australian politician. He was born in Collie, Western Australia, the son of Rowley James, a future Labor member for Hunter in the Australian House of Representatives. Albert was educated at state schools in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales. He was a policeman from 1940 to 1960, when he contested the by-election for his father's old seat of Hunter that followed H. V. Evatt's resignation. He held Hunter until his retirement in 1980. James died in 2006.^[1]

References

^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia. Retrieved 2008-05-22.

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by H. V. Evatt	Member for Hunter 1960 – 1980	Succeeded by Bob Brown