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Sir James Anderson Murdoch KBE CMG (10 March 1867 – 30 January 1939) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.[1]

He was born in Edinburgh to cabinetmaker Thomas Murdoch and Margaret Anderson. He worked at a wool warehouse before migrating to Melbourne in 1884; after a period in Brisbane, he established a business in Sydney in 1893. In 1892 he married Isabella Binning, with whom he had three daughters. His business eventually became a large retail company. During World War I he served with the Australian Army Medical Corps, holding the rank of lieutenant-colonel; he was mentioned in despatches four times. In 1918 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Nationalist in 1923, he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1928. He left the Legislative Council on its reconstitution in 1934, and died at Manly in 1939.[2]

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  1. ^ Wolfers, Howard. "Murdoch, Sir James Anderson (1867–1939)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Sir James Anderson Murdoch, KBE, CMG (1867-1939)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 June 2019.


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