James Farrer (Australian politician)

James Farish Farrer (6 January 1876 – 6 July 1967) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Modewarre, where he attended state school before qualifying as a woolclasser. He became a grazier at Modewarre and later at Pirron Yallock, and on 28 February 1914 married Alice Annie Jenkins, with whom he had two sons. In 1906 he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Barwon. A Liberal, he served until his defeat in 1917. Farrer retired around 1929 and died in Richmond in 1967.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Farrer, James Farish". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Barwon
1906–1917
Succeeded by