James McDonald (Victorian Labor politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician, born 1889
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About James McDonald (Victorian Labor politician)
- James McDonald (13 August 1889 – 11 January 1938) was an Australian politician. Born in Wallan, Victoria, to storekeeper John Roderick McDonald and Marion Frances Menere, he grew up in Wallan and farmed in the Kyneton-Woodend area from 1910.
- During World War I he served for two years with the Australian Imperial Force, during which time he was seriously wounded; after his return he became president of the Woodend Returned and Services League.
- In August 1923 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in a by-election for the seat of Daylesford, representing the Labor Party, but in September he was defeated in a recount.
- At the 1924 state election he won the seat again, but it was abolished in 1927 and McDonald tried but failed to win Mildura.
- From 1929 he lived in Adelaide, where he died after a long period of poor health in 1938.
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