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Mr James Sinclair Taylor MCGOWEN (1855 - 1922)**

  • Date of Birth: 16/08/1855
  • Place of Birth: "Western Bride", At sea
  • Date of Death: 07/04/1922
  • Place of Death: Petersham, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

PositionStartEndPeriodNotes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly17 Jun 189121 Feb 191725yr(s) 8mth(s) 5day(s)
Member of the NSW Legislative Council17 Jul 19177 Apr 19224yr(s) 8mth(s) 22day(s)
Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 6 May 1917
Member for Redfern17 Jun 189125 Jun 18943yr(s) 9day(s)
15th (1891 - 1894)
Member for Redfern17 Jul 18945 Jul 189511mth(s) 19day(s)
16th (1894 - 1895)
Member for Redfern24 Jul 18958 Jul 18982yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s)
17th (1895 - 1898)
Member for Redfern27 Jul 189811 Jun 19012yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s)
18th (1898 - 1901)
Member for Redfern3 Jul 190116 Jul 19043yr(s) 14day(s)
19th (1901 - 1904)
Member for Redfern6 Aug 190419 Aug 19073yr(s) 14day(s)
20th (1904 - 1907)
Member for Redfern10 Sep 190714 Sep 19103yr(s) 5day(s)
21st (1907 - 1910)
Member for Redfern14 Oct 19106 Nov 19133yr(s) 24day(s)
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Member for Redfern6 Dec 191321 Feb 19173yr(s) 2mth(s) 16day(s)
23rd (1913 - 1917)
Colonial Treasurer21 Oct 191026 Nov 19111yr(s) 1mth(s) 6day(s)
Premier21 Oct 191029 Jun 19132yr(s) 8mth(s) 9day(s)
Colonial Secretary27 Nov 191129 Jun 19131yr(s) 7mth(s) 3day(s)
Minister for Labour and Industry30 Jun 191329 Jan 19147mth(s)
Refreshment Committee No.428 Jul 18911 Apr 18928mths 5days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Whaling Road, North Sydney Committee No.2921 Dec 189117 Mar 18922mths 26days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Refreshment Committee No.75 Oct 189218 Oct 189214days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Oxford street Improvement Bill Committee No.1316 Nov 189213 Jun 18936mths 29days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Hay Athenaeum Trustees Enabling Bill Committee No.1719 Jan 18931 Feb 189314days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Working of the Government Labour Bureau Committee No.2526 Apr 18932 Jun 18931mth 8days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Refreshment Committee No.527 Sep 18938 Dec 18932mths 12days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Corowa School of Arts Enabling Bill Committee No.924 Oct 18938 Dec 18931mth 15days
15th (1891 - 1894)
Refreshment Committee No.523 Jan 189411 Jun 18944mths 20days
16th (1894 - 1895)
Oxford street Improvement Bill Committee No.825 Jan 189413 Feb 189420days
16th (1894 - 1895)
Refreshment Committee No. 429 Aug 18945 Jul 189510mths 7days
16th (1894 - 1895)
Presbyterian Church Property Management Amendment Bill. Committee No. 1022 Nov 18945 Jul 18957mths 14days
16th (1894 - 1895)
Appropriation Bill. Committee No. 1521 Dec 18945 Jul 18956mths 15days
16th (1894 - 1895)
Address of Condolence to Lady Duff. Committee No. 1619 Mar 18955 Jul 18953mths 17days
16th (1894 - 1895)
Standing Orders. Committee No. 220 Aug 18958 Jul 18982yrs 10mths 19days
17th (1895 - 1898)
Case of Mr A.J.C Single Committee No.919 Sep 189510 Oct 189522days
17th (1895 - 1898)
Borough of Redfern Electric Lighting Bill Committee No.118 Oct 189517 Oct 189510days
17th (1895 - 1898)		Chairman
Standing Orders Committee No.214 May 189616 Nov 18966mths 3days
17th (1895 - 1898)
Old Age Pension Committee No.916 Jun 189616 Sep 18963mths 1day
17th (1895 - 1898)
Claim of Mr Theophilus Stephens – Crown Law Department Committee No.3420 Oct 189611 Nov 189623days
17th (1895 - 1898)
Case of Thomas Buckley – Public Works Department Committee No.3320 Oct 189616 Nov 189628days
17th (1895 - 1898)
Standing Orders Committee No.228 Apr 189718 Aug 18973mths 22days
17th (1895 - 1898)
Standing Orders Committee No. 228 Jun 18988 Jul 189811days
17th (1895 - 1898)
Standing Orders Committee No. 325 Aug 189823 Dec 18983mths 29days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Case of Thomas Buckley, Public Works Department Committee No. 730 Aug 189823 Dec 18983mths 24days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Mort’s Dock and Engineering Company (Limited) Enabling Bill Committee No. 1817 Nov 189823 Dec 18981mth 7days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Estate of the late S.M Swift of Petersham Committee No.2313 Dec 189822 Dec 189810days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.121 Feb 189930 Mar 18991mth 10days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.213 Apr 189921 Apr 18999days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.48 Aug 189923 Dec 18994mths 16days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Municipal District of Broken Hill Electric Lighting Bill Committee No.910 Aug 189916 Aug 18997days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Case of Thomas Buckley – Public Works Department Committee No.177 Nov 189920 Dec 18991mth 14days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Claim of Mr Theophilus Stephens- Crown Law Department Committee No. 2021 Nov 189930 Nov 189910days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Case of James Cook and other employees of the Tramway Department Committee No. 2313 Dec 189920 Dec 18998days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.420 Jun 190024 Jul 19001mth 5days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Dismissal of Mrs. Abraham, Shaftesbury Girls Asylum Committee No. 83 Jul 19001 Dec 19004mths 29days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Names for Electorates, Federal Parliament Committee No.1716 Aug 190030 Aug 190015days
18th (1898 - 1901)
Church of England Property Trust, Diocese of Goulburn Committee No.245 Oct 19005 Dec 19002mths 1day
18th (1898 - 1901)
Standing Orders Committee No.58 Aug 190120 Dec 19014mths 13days
19th (1901 - 1904)
Tied Houses Committee No.822 Aug 190118 Sep 190128days
19th (1901 - 1904)
Standing Orders Committee No.417 Jun 190220 Dec 19026mths 4days
19th (1901 - 1904)
Standing Orders Committee No.41 Jul 19031 Dec 19035mths 1day
19th (1901 - 1904)
Standing Orders Committee No.321 Sep 19049 Nov 19041mth 20days
19th (1901 - 1904)
Government Savings Bill Committee No.132 Dec 19046 Dec 19045days
19th (1901 - 1904)
Standing Orders Committee No.328 Jun 19059 Dec 19055mths 12days
20th (1904 - 1907)
Claim of Robert Roberts, late Bookbinder, Registrar-General’s Department Committee No.1612 Sep 190525 Oct 19051mth 14days
20th (1904 - 1907)
Sydney Corporation Amendment Bill Committee No.2215 Nov 190528 Nov 190514days
20th (1904 - 1907)
Standing Orders Committee No.310 Jul 190618 Dec 19065mths 9days
20th (1904 - 1907)
David Berry Hospital Bill Committee No.1422 Nov 19066 Dec 190615days
20th (1904 - 1907)
Standing Orders Committee No.49 Jul 190712 Jul 19074days
20th (1904 - 1907)
Standing Orders Committee No.224 Oct 190720 Dec 19071mth 27days
21st (1907 - 1910)
Standing Orders Committee No.213 Mar 190811 Apr 190830days
21st (1907 - 1910)
Standing Orders Committee No.35 Aug 190819 Dec 19084mths 15days
21st (1907 - 1910)
Standing Orders Committee No.314 Jul 190917 Dec 19095mths 4days
21st (1907 - 1910)
Lease Conversion and Law Amendment Bill Committee No.710 Aug 19099 Dec 19093mths 30days
21st (1907 - 1910)
Standing Orders Committee No.328 Jun 191020 Aug 19101mth 24days
21st (1907 - 1910)
Lease Conversion and Law Amendment Bill Committee No.77 Jul 191020 Aug 19101mth 14days
21st (1907 - 1910)
Printing Committee No.630 Nov 191023 Dec 191024days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Refreshment Committee No.530 Nov 191023 Dec 191024days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Standing Orders Committee No.330 Nov 191023 Dec 191024days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Library Committee No.430 Nov 191023 Dec 191024days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Increase in House Rents Committee No.1617 Oct 191125 Mar 19125mths 9days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
System of Discrimination in Freight Charges on the Railways Committee No.2114 Nov 191128 Mar 19124mths 15days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Administration of the Rocks resumed Area Committee No.2014 Nov 191128 Mar 19124mths 15days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Printing Committee No.67 Aug 19124 Dec 19123mths 28days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Refreshment Committee No.57 Aug 19125 Dec 19123mths 29days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Standing Orders Committee No.37 Aug 19125 Dec 19123mths 29days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Library Committee No.47 Aug 19125 Dec 19123mths 29days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Increase in House Rents Committee No.812 Sep 19125 Nov 19121mth 25days
22nd (1910 - 1913)
Parliamentary Accommodation Committee No.148 Nov 19125 Dec 191228days
22nd (1910 - 1913)		Chairman

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Foundation member, member central executive 1896, 1906-1909, leader 1894-1913, refused endorsement for stand on conscription; stood as Industry Labor 1917; vice president of National Association 1917-1918. First Labor Premier.


Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1896


Qualifications, occupations and interests

Boilermaker. Arrival at Melbourne three weeks old; moved with parents to Sydney 1867; little schooling; worked with father bridge building Bathurst, Yass, O'Connell Plains and Aberdeen; apprenticed to boilermaking with P.N. Russell and Co. 1870; after 1873 strike employed at Atlas works later at Fitzroy Dock; joined Boilermakers' Union, became secretary 1874- 1890; delegate to the Trades and Labor Council (TLC) and to Melbourne Congress 1885; joined Railways Department Eveleigh Workshops 1875-1891; president of Eight Hour Committee 1888- 1891, delegate to the Trades and Labor Council (TLC), on executive 1888-1891, instrumental in building of Trades Hall; State Children's Relief Board 1900- 1908; New South Wales film censor (1922); member parliament, delegation to coronation 1911; Chairman of Housing Board (1912); Sunday school superintendent St Paul's Church of England, Redfern.


Personal

Son of James McGowen, boilermaker, and his wife Eliza Ditchfield. Married Emily Towner in c.1887 and had issue, 6 sons and 2 daughters. Church of England.


Additional Information

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10



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