James Tolmie

James Tolmie
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1862 – 1939 76 years

Born 25 July 1862 in Queensland, AustraliaDied 5 April 1939 in Toowoomba, Queensland, aged 76

Editor and half-owner of the Toowoomba newspaper the Darling Downs Gazette from 1894 until its merger with the Toowoomba Chronicle in 1922. He also helped establish the Darling Downs Building Society and was one of its directors.

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HM Helen McRea d. 1881 mother

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1860s
Born 25 July 1862

Queensland, Australia
1870s
Education (South Toowoomba State School) until 1875 aged 13

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Educated at the South Toowoomba state school (Toowoomba South Boys') until the age of thirteen.

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Occupation (Schoolteacher) 1877–1894 aged 15

Queensland, Australia

Began as a pupil-teacher at Toowoomba South in 1877 after working as a grocer's assistant, and taught at Toowoomba South Boys', Fortitude Valley and Emu Creek schools before becoming head teacher at Gowrie Creek near Toowoomba in 1884. He resigned from the teaching service on 31 August 1894.

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1880s
Death of mother Helen McRea 26 August 1881 aged 19

Queensland, Australia
1890s
Occupation (Newspaper proprietor) 1894–1922 aged 32

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Editor and half-owner of the Toowoomba newspaper the Darling Downs Gazette from 1894 until its merger with the Toowoomba Chronicle in 1922. He also helped establish the Darling Downs Building Society and was one of its directors.

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1900s
Member for Drayton and Toowoomba, Queensland Legislative Assembly from 22 June 1901 to 18 May 1907 aged 38

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Won the two-member Darling Downs seat of Drayton and Toowoomba at a by-election on 22 June 1901, sitting first as an Independent and from 11 March 1902 as a Ministerialist. He was defeated at the election of 18 May 1907.

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Member for Drayton and Toowoomba, Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2 October 1909 to 27 April 1912 aged 47

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Regained the seat of Drayton and Toowoomba on 2 October 1909 as a Ministerialist, having failed to win it back in 1908. He held it until the electorate was redistributed in April 1912.

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1910s
Secretary for Agriculture and Stock, Queensland from 7 February 1911 to 11 December 1912 aged 48

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Held the agriculture and stock portfolio in the Liberal ministry of D. F. Denham.

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Member for Toowoomba, Queensland Legislative Assembly from 27 April 1912 to 16 March 1918 aged 49

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Sat for the single-member seat of Toowoomba as a Liberal from 27 April 1912. He lost the seat at the general election of 16 March 1918.

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Secretary for Public Lands, Queensland from 11 December 1912 to 1 June 1915 aged 50

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Held the public lands portfolio in the Denham ministry until the government's defeat in 1915.

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Leader of the Opposition, Queensland from 8 September 1915 to 29 May 1918 aged 53

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Led the Opposition after the defeat of the Denham government. He resigned the leadership shortly before the 1918 election because of illness.

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Australian Imperial Force from February 1916 to June 1916 aged 53

Queensland, Australia

After nine years in the Queensland Volunteer Defence Force and service as a captain in the 4th Queensland Regiment, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in February 1916 at the age of 53 and served as a troopship major, commanding troops in transport to and from Egypt. His appointment was terminated in June 1916.

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1920s
Alderman, Toowoomba City Council 1924–1927 aged 62

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Served one term as an alderman of the Toowoomba City Council after leaving state parliament.

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1930s
Buried April 1939 aged 76

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Buried in the Drayton and Toowoomba cemetery. He never married and left an estate sworn for probate at 4343 pounds.

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Died 5 April 1939 aged 76

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

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