James Wheeler (Australian politician)

This article is about the former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. For the former member of the Victorian Legislative Council, see James Atkin Wheeler.

James Henry Wheeler, (14 February 1826 – 10 August 1904)[1] was an Australian politician.

Wheeler was born in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England,[1] and went to Victoria in 1854; he was an extensive sawmill owner in the Wombat State Forest.[2] He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Creswick district in November 1864 as a moderate constitutionalist,[2] but retired from Parliament in December 1867.[1] In May 1880, however, he was re-elected, and represented the same constituency till March 1889, when he was returned for the Daylesford district in April 1889.[1] In November 1890, on the formation of the James Munro Ministry, he accepted the post of Minister of Railways, which he continued to hold when in February 1892 the Ministry was reconstructed under William Shiels.[2] Wheeler was member for Daylesford until October 1900.[1]

Wheeler died in Deniliquin, New South Wales on 10 August 1904.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Wheeler, James Henry". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to Wheeler, Hon. James Henry". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Robert MacDonald
Member for Creswick
Nov. 1864 – Dec. 1867
Served alongside: William Frazer
Succeeded by
William Miller
Preceded by
Henry Sainsbury
Member for Creswick
May 1880 – Mar. 1889
Served alongside:
William Anderson & Thomas Cooper
Succeeded by
Richard Richardson
New creation Member for Daylesford
Apr. 1889 – Oct. 1900
Succeeded by
Donald McLeod