James George Carroll was an Australian politician.

Born in Tipperary

Tipperary

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, to James and Katherine Carroll, he arrived in Australia in 1867 having received a primary education. He worked as a saddler in Hillston

Hillston, New South Wales

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 from 1876 until 1883, when he became the licensee of Tattersall's Hotel. He married Lizzie Sweetman, with whom he had two children. In 1894 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 as the member for Lachlan

Electoral district of Lachlan

Lachlan was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. During the first two Parliaments , there was an electorate in the same area called Lachlan and Lower Darling, named after the Lachlan and Darling Rivers. Lachlan was created in 1859 and...

 as an Independent Protectionist

Independent (politician)

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; he was later associated with the Protectionist

Protectionist Party

The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in...

 and Progressive

Progressive Party (Australia)

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 parties. He moved to Sydney

Sydney

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 to become a land agent but was bankrupted in 1896 and discharged in 1897. Carroll left the Assembly in 1904 and died in 1927 in North Sydney

North Sydney

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