James Mirams was an Australian politician.

Born in Lambeth

Lambeth

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, London

London

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, the son of Rev. James Mirams, he became an ironmonger and had a business in Essex

Essex

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 before he migrated to Melbourne

Melbourne

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 in 1857, becoming a dairy farmer at Braybrook

Braybrook, Victoria

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. He was later a schoolteacher at Fitzroy

Fitzroy, Victoria

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 and a bookseller at Collingwood

Collingwood, Victoria

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 before becoming involved in building societies. In 1876 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

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 as the member for Collingwood, serving until 1886; he was subsequently the member for Williamstown

Electoral district of Williamstown

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 from 1887 to 1889. In 1890 he was declared insolvent and convicted of issuing a false balance sheet with intent to defraud, resulting in his imprisonment. Mirams died at Moonee Ponds in 1916.