Portrait of James Graham by Thomas Foster Chuck. H5056/108, State Library Victoria.
Early lifeedit
Graham was born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, the son of Dr. James Moore Graham and his wife Anna Maria, née Ievers.[1][2] Graham was educated at Ennis College and Madras Academy, Cupar, after the family moved to Fife in 1832.[2]
Colonial Australiaedit
Graham junior arrived in Sydney in 1839 and travelled overland to the Port Phillip District.[1] On 29 August 1853 Graham was nominated to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council along with several others due to the expansion of the council.[3] Graham held this position until resigning in July 1854.[1] Graham was elected to Central Province in the Council in January 1867, a seat he held until transferring in November 1882 to South Yarra Province.[1] Graham was a member of the Royal commission in the Federal Union in 1870.[1]
Graham died in South Yarra on 31 July 1898.[1] He had married Mary Alleyne, née Cobham on 24 September 1845 and together they had 18 children, eight dying young.[2]
Referencesedit
^ abcdefg. Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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