James McGowan (politician)

James McGowan (1841 – 7 May 1912) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1893	11th	Thames	Liberal
1893–1896	12th	Thames	Liberal
1896–1899	13th	Thames	Liberal
1899–1902	14th	Thames	Liberal
1902–1905	15th	Thames	Liberal
1905–1908	16th	Thames	Liberal
1908–1909	17th	Thames	Liberal

He represented the Thames electorate from an 1893 by-election. He resigned on 6 January 1909^[1] so that he could be appointed to the Legislative Council on that same day, where he served until his death.^[2]

He was Minister of Justice and Minister of Mines from 23 January 1900 in the First Liberal Government. From 6 August 1906, he was Minister of Immigration. From 23 November 1906, he was Minister of Industries and Commerce. He held all ministerial posts until his resignation from the lower house.^[3]

Notes

^ Scholefield 1950, p. 122.
^ Scholefield 1950, p. 80.
^ Scholefield 1950, pp. 41–42.

References

Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer.

Parliament of New Zealand
Preceded by Alfred Cadman	Member of Parliament for Thames 1893–1909	Succeeded by Edmund Taylor

Persondata
Name	Macgowan, James
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	1841
Place of birth
Date of death	7 May 1912
Place of death