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Mr James HOSKINS (1823 - 1900)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1823
Place of Birth: London, England
Date of Death: 01/04/1900
Place of Death: Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 27 Feb 1889 01 Apr 1900 11 years 1 month 6 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 22 February 1889
Land in Macquarie street, Parramatta Committee No.29 15 Dec 1881 20 Dec 1881 6 days
Cudgegong Town Hall Bill Committee No.25 28 Oct 1881 23 Nov 1881 27 days
Institute of Surveyors Incorporation Bill Committee No.17 06 Sep 1881 11 Oct 1881 1 month 6 days
Width of Streets and Lanes Bill Committee No.14 26 Aug 1881 21 Oct 1881 1 month 26 days
Member for Tumut 20 Nov 1880 26 Sep 1882 1 year 10 months 7 days
Claim of Anne Jane Cox for loss of her Conditional Purchase Committee No.23 18 May 1880 13 Jul 1880 1 month 26 days
Petition of Mrs Mary Jones Committee No.22 04 May 1880 08 Jul 1880 2 months 5 days
Standing Orders Committee No.3 29 Oct 1879 13 Jul 1880 8 months 15 days
Member for Tumut 02 Jan 1879 09 Nov 1880 1 year 10 months 8 days
Secretary for Lands 21 Dec 1878 28 Dec 1881 3 years 8 days
Standing Orders Committee No.3 11 Sep 1878 24 Jul 1879 10 months 14 days
Sydney Tramway and Omnibus Company (Limited) Bill Committee No.3 23 Jan 1878 20 Mar 1878 1 month 26 days
Member for Tumut 05 Nov 1877 20 Dec 1878 1 year 1 month 16 days
Member for Tumut 05 Apr 1877 12 Oct 1877 6 months 8 days
Secretary for Public Works 22 Mar 1877 16 Aug 1877 4 months 26 days
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.6 16 Nov 1875 27 Apr 1876 5 months 12 days
Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 28 Jan 1875 28 Jan 1875 1 day
Member for Tumut 02 Jan 1875 22 Mar 1877 2 years 2 months 21 days
Wharf Accommodation, Sydney Harbour Committee No.30 29 Apr 1874 25 Jun 1874 1 month 28 days
Customs Seizure of Goods at Mulwala Committee No.26 14 Feb 1873 23 Apr 1873 2 months 10 days
Petition of George Bell Committee No.19 20 Dec 1872 25 Apr 1873 4 months 6 days
Loder’s Estate Bill Committee No.8 14 Nov 1872 12 Dec 1872 29 days
Petersham Church Grant Bill Committee No.9 14 Nov 1872 15 Jan 1873 2 months 2 days
Wharf Accommodation, Sydney Harbour Committee No.7 13 Nov 1872 24 Apr 1873 5 months 12 days
St Andrew’s College Committee No.13 02 Jul 1872 13 Aug 1872 1 month 12 days
Loder’s Estate Bill Committee No.9 25 Jun 1872 11 Jul 1872 17 days
The Petersham Church Grant Bill Committee No.8 20 Jun 1872 25 Jul 1872 1 month 6 days
Bathurst Gas Bill Committee No.7 14 Jun 1872 21 Jun 1872 8 days
Member for Tumut 21 Feb 1872 28 Nov 1874 2 years 9 months 8 days
Loder’s Estate Bill Committee No.9 08 Dec 1871 01 Feb 1872 1 month 25 days
Bathurst Gas Company’s Bill Committee No.7 29 Nov 1871 06 Dec 1871 8 days
Claims of Mr Spencer, of Gundagai Committee No.13 09 Dec 1870 22 Jun 1871 6 months 14 days
Mr Thomas Scott-Sugar Cultivation Committee No.10 20 Sep 1870 16 Mar 1871 5 months 25 days
Petition of Hugh Maguire Committee No.6 18 Aug 1870 07 Oct 1870 1 month 20 days
Bathurst-burr and Thistle Plants Committee No.12 25 Feb 1870 06 Apr 1870 1 month 13 days
Immigration Committee No.10 22 Feb 1870 13 Apr 1870 1 month 23 days
Mr Thomas Scott – Sugar Cultivation Committee No.8 15 Feb 1870 04 May 1870 2 months 20 days
Public Vehicles and Boats Committee No.6 08 Feb 1870 29 Apr 1870 2 months 22 days
Railway Extension Committee No.5 03 Feb 1870 25 Mar 1870 1 month 23 days
The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 01 Feb 1870 01 Feb 1870 1 day
Member for Patrick's Plains 23 Dec 1869 03 Feb 1872 2 years 1 month 12 days
Railway Extension Committee No.15 28 Oct 1869 11 Nov 1869 15 days
Mr Thomas Scott – Sugar Cultivation Committee No.12 26 Oct 1869 13 Nov 1869 19 days
Cumberland and Camden Bathurst – bur and thistle Bill Committee No.11 22 Oct 1869 12 Nov 1869 22 days
Grant for Road from West Maitland to Cessnock Committee No.9 08 Oct 1869 13 Nov 1869 1 month 6 days
Mr Thomas Scott – Sugar Cultivation Committee No.14 10 Feb 1869 24 Mar 1869 1 month 15 days
Alleged Conspiracy for purposes of Treason and Assassination Committee No.3 15 Dec 1868 03 Feb 1869 1 month 20 days
Member for Goldfields North 06 Jul 1868 15 Nov 1869 1 year 4 months 10 days
Waratah Coal Company’s Incorporation Bill No.45 02 Dec 1862 11 Dec 1862 10 days
Petition of Thomas Duke Allen Committee No.43 19 Nov 1862 19 Dec 1862 1 month 1 day
Petition of Thomas Charles Bentley Committee No.42 11 Nov 1862 20 Dec 1862 1 month 10 days
Pacific Fire and Marine Insurance Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.39 21 Oct 1862 24 Oct 1862 4 days
Sydney Water Reserves Committee No.40 21 Oct 1862 20 Dec 1862 2 months
Fisheries Protection Bill Committee No.38 17 Oct 1862 20 Dec 1862 2 months 4 days
Mr William Sims Bell Committee No.34 30 Sep 1862 02 Dec 1862 2 months 3 days
Botany Railway Company’s Bill Committee No.29 16 Sep 1862 25 Sep 1862 10 days
Gibson’s Estate Bill Committee No.27 02 Sep 1862 04 Sep 1862 3 days
Morehead and Young’s Railway Bill Committee No.28 02 Sep 1862 15 Oct 1862 1 month 14 days
Exchange of Land, Scots Church, Jamison-street, legalizing Bill Committee No.24 13 Aug 1862 14 Nov 1862 3 months 2 days
Pitt Street Tramway Committee No.16 25 Jul 1862 12 Dec 1862 4 months 18 days
Management of the Central Police Office Committee No.13 08 Jul 1862 12 Dec 1862 5 months 5 days
Resignation of Mr Quodling, late Inspector of Roads in the Northern Districts Committee No.19 26 Nov 1861 15 Jan 0186 0 days
Maitland and Morpeth Railway Company’s Bill Committee No.12 03 Oct 1861 20 Jan 1862 3 months 18 days
Mr F.W Birmingham Committee No.10 01 Oct 1861 20 Jan 1862 3 months 21 days
Reverend W.B Clarke Committee No.6 20 Sep 1861 20 Jan 1862 4 months 1 day
Morpeth and Maitland Railway Company’s Bill Committee No.30 24 Apr 1861 11 May 1861 18 days
Claims of the Reverend W.B Clarke Committee No.26 12 Mar 1861 11 May 1861 2 months
Sydney Revenues Improvement Bill Committee No.25 01 Mar 1861 11 May 1861 2 months 13 days
System of Tendering for Runs Committee No.15 05 Feb 1861 11 May 1861 3 months 7 days
Grievances Committee No.13 29 Jan 1861 11 May 1861 3 months 13 days
Member for Goldfields North 05 Dec 1860 17 Feb 1863 2 years 2 months 13 days
Fitz Roy Dry Dock Committee No.40 10 Apr 1860 04 Jul 1860 2 months 25 days
Condition of the Bathurst Road Committee No.27 09 Dec 1859 04 Jul 1860 6 months 26 days
Condition of the Working Classes of the Metropolis Committee No.19 30 Sep 1859 04 Jul 1860 9 months 5 days
Member for Goldfields North 06 Jul 1859 10 Nov 1860 1 year 4 months 5 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 06 Jul 1859 26 Sep 1882 23 years 2 months 21 days
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Policeman and booking porter. Educated at boarding school. From 1840 discharged clerical duties. At a later time became a policeman and a booking porter. left England without his family in 1849. Arrived in New South Wales c.1853. Travelled to the goldfields. At a later time became a land and commercial agent, in 1876 being senior partner in firm of Hoskings and Blomfield. Became an extreme radical in debates of late 1850's and early 1860's.
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Personal
Son of James Hoskins. Married Caroline Day on 5 December 1847 and had issue, 1 son. Church of England.
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