James Hill Brown (19 March 1918 – 17 January 1999) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the

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. Brown was born in Cessnock and educated at Cessnock Public School and Maitland Boys High School. He became an insurance executive. Brown was elected as the Country Party member for

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in 1959 and held it to Raleigh's abolition in 1981, when he became the member for Oxley until his retirement in 1984. In the 1995 Australia Day Honours Brown's "service to the community and to the NSW Parliament" was recognised by the award of

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. Brown died in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, James Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales 1918 births 1999 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia People from Cessnock, New South Wales