James Larcombe

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James Larcombe

Personal details
Born	(1884-04-25)April 25, 1884 Rockhampton, Queensland
Died	June 21, 1957(1957-06-21) (aged 73) Brisbane, Queensland
Political party	Labor
Occupation	Butcher, politician

James Larcombe (1884–1957) was a labor politician from Queensland, Australia.^[1]

Biography

James Larcombe was born in Rockhampton, Queensland on 25 April 1884. His father, also named James Larcombe, was a butcher, and his mother was Mary Lee. As a young man, he worked as a butcher with his father and was active in the local labor movement. In 1912, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland to represent the electoral district of Keppel, a position he held until 1929.

Larcombe speaking in 1928.

In 1932, he was elected to the assembly for Rockhampton, and did not retire until 1956, making him the assembly's longest serving member ever. He was also active in the ministry, serving as secretary of public works (1919–1920), secretary of for railways (1920–1929), then after a hiatus secretary for mines (1939), minister for transport (1939–1944), minister for public instruction (1944–1946), treasurer (1946–1950), then attorney general and minister for prices from 1950 to 10 March 1952.

Larcombe died in Brisbane on 21 June 1957.

References

↑ Joy Guyatt. "Larcombe, James". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Retrieved 18 February 2011.

Persondata
Name	Larcombe, James
Alternative names
Short description	Labor Party politician from Queensland, Australia.
Date of birth	25 April 1884
Place of birth	Rockhampton, Queensland
Date of death	21 June 1957
Place of death	Brisbane, Queensland

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