James Hunter

Background

Hunter was born at Springburn, near Glasgow, Scotland and migrated with his family to Brisbane in 1884 educated there.

Career

He joined the state public service and became an accountant in the Queensland Railways. She predeceased him in 1960 aged 76. In 1912, he set up as a public accountant at Dalby.

In November 1934 he was appointed a minister without portfolio in the third Lyons ministry.

He was not reappointed to the ministry after the November 1937 election. In 1936, he cofounded the Queensland Country Party, which replaced the Country and Progressive National Party in Queensland.

He retired from parliament ahead of the November 1940 election. Hunter died at a retirement home in the Brisbane suburb of Sandgate and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.

Achievements

• Hunter won the Australian House of Representatives seat of Maranoa at a 1921 by-election.