James Burrows (21 December 1886 - 17 August 1970) was a member of the

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Biography

Burrows was born at Eidsvold,

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, the son of Henry Burrows and his wife Laura Christine (née Brandis). He was educated at Gaeta, Mount Perry and Many Peaks state schools and then did an accountancy and Local Government Clerkship correspondence course with Hemingway Robertson Ltd. He did general bushwork before becoming and auditor and registered valuer. In October 1940 Burrows married Bertha Maud Wilkinson and together had four sons. He died at

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in October 1978.

Public life

Burrows, representing the Labor Party, won the seat of

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at the 1947 Queensland state election. He held it for the next sixteen years before retiring at the 1963 Queensland state election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burrows, James Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1886 births 1978 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians