| 词条 | James Gaffney (politician) |
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He was born in Launceston, Tasmania and raised at Westbury and Deloraine. As an adult, he moved to Waratah, where he worked at Mount Bischoff before going into business for himself. He later sold his Waratah enterprises and moved to Strahan, where he was a hotelkeeper and merchant. He served as chairman of the town board and Master Warden of the marine board at Strahan, and was a long-serving member of both institutions.[2] The Launceston Examiner said of Gaffney: "there is no name better known on the West Coast".[3] In 1899 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Lyell. In 1903, he was initially reported to be intending to retire, but then decided to contest the seat of Queenstown instead.[4][5] His re-election campaign ended abruptly in March when his nomination was refused on account of an informality.[6] He subsequently nominated to contest the 1903 federal election in the Australian House of Representatives seat of Darwin, held by Labor MP King O'Malley. He nominated as an independent, supporting free trade and opposing the Barton government.[7][8] However, after reports that his campaign was floundering, he withdrew from the race on 10 December - six days before the election - and endorsed anti-Labor rival and Protectionist Party candidate James Brickhill, though he formally remained on the ballot.[9][10] He died at St Margaret's Hospital in Launceston in 1913; his funeral was held in Hobart.[2] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Gaffney, James Joseph|publisher=Parliament of Tasmania|year=2005|url=http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/gaffneyj264.htm|accessdate=15 October 2011}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaffney, James}}{{Australia-politician-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50712611 |title=OBITUARY. |newspaper=The Examiner (Tasmania) |volume=LXXII, |issue=151 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=26 June 1913 |accessdate=26 September 2018 |page=6 (DAILY) |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39646017 |title=MR. J. J. GAFFNEY. |newspaper=Launceston Examiner |volume=LVII, |issue=86 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=10 April 1897 |accessdate=26 September 2018 |page=1 (Supplement to Launceston Examiner) |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65084990 |title=A LYELL CONTEST. |newspaper=The North Western Advocate And The Emu Bay Times |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=19 January 1903 |accessdate=26 September 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35538876 |title=WEST COAST CANDIDATES. |newspaper=The Examiner (Tasmania) |volume=LXIII, |issue=68 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=20 March 1903 |accessdate=26 September 2018 |page=6 (DAILY.) |via=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35539278 |title=THE NOMINATIONS |newspaper=The Examiner (Tasmania) |volume=LXIII, |issue=71 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=24 March 1903 |accessdate=26 September 2018 |page=4 (DAILY.) |via=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64655509 |title=MR J. J. GAFFNEY AT BURNIE. |newspaper=The North Western Advocate And The Emu Bay Times |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=4 December 1903 |accessdate=26 September 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153914547 |title=FEDERAL ELECTIONS |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |volume=XXIII, |issue=269 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=11 November 1903 |accessdate=26 September 2018 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64654035 |title=MR GAFFNEY'S CANDIDATURE. |newspaper=The North Western Advocate And The Emu Bay Times |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=27 November 1903 |accessdate=26 September 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} 10. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35575028 |title=THE DARWIN SEAT. |newspaper=The Examiner (Tasmania) |volume=LXIII, |issue=295 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=11 December 1903 |accessdate=26 September 2018 |page=6 (DAILY.) |via=National Library of Australia}} 4 : 1853 births|1913 deaths|Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly|People from Launceston, Tasmania |
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