Jim Eggins
Jim Eggins | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Lyne | |
In office 10 December 1949 – 28 January 1952 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Philip Lucock |
Personal details | |
Born | Eldred James Eggins 7 April 1898 Grafton, New South Wales |
Died | 28 January 1952 Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 53)
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Australian Country Party |
Occupation | Farmer |
Eldred James Eggins (7 April 1898 – 28 January 1952) was an Australian politician and a member of the Country Party of Australia.
Jim Eggins was born at Grafton, New South Wales and educated in state schools. He served in the military in 1918 and later grew bananas in the Brunswick River region, and was a seed merchant in Lismore. He also served on Lismore City Council.
Eggins served as the Chairman of the New South Wales Fodder and Conservation Board. He was also Chairman of the New South Wales Country Party from 1945 till 1949.
He served in the New South Wales Legislative Council between April 1940 and October 1949.[1] He was elected as the member for the Division of Lyne in the Australian House of Representatives in 1949,[2] and was re-elected in 1951.[3] He died in office, prompting the 1952 Lyne by-election. His successor in the seat of Lyne was Philip Lucock.
References
- ^ "Mr Eldred James Eggins (1898-1952)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales.
- ^ "1949 legislative election: House of Representatives: New South Wales". Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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