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James Miller Balfour (30 January 1874 – 31 July 1943) was an Australian politician in the Victorian State Parliament. He was born in Melbourne to butcher James Miller Balfour and Jane Laing Petrie. He was a founding pupil of the then-Working Mens College (Melbourne), now known as RMIT, and in 1887 became a public servant. Following Federation in 1901, he worked for the Postmaster-General's Department and established Australia's first white collar union while there. On 11 November 1913 he married Katrine Elizabeth Alice Murray, with whom he had five children, three of whom survived to adulthood.

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rdfs:comment	James Miller Balfour (30 January 1874 – 31 July 1943) was an Australian politician in the Victorian State Parliament. He was born in Melbourne to butcher James Miller Balfour and Jane Laing Petrie. He was a founding pupil of the then-Working Mens College (Melbourne), now known as RMIT, and in 1887 became a public servant. Following Federation in 1901, he worked for the Postmaster-General's Department and established Australia's first white collar union while there. On 11 November 1913 he married Katrine Elizabeth Alice Murray, with whom he had five children, three of whom survived to adulthood. (en)
dcterms:subject	1943 deaths People from Melbourne Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 1874 births National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Victorian Legislative Council Melbourne William MacAulay Martin McGregor 1943 deaths People from Melbourne Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Willow Grove, Victoria Gippsland Province 1874 births Jim Balfour National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria George Martley Davis Trevor Harvey (politician) City of Brighton (Victoria) RMIT National Party of Australia – Victoria Warragul, Victoria
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title	Member for Gippsland (en)
years	1936 (xsd:integer)
has abstract	James Miller Balfour (30 January 1874 – 31 July 1943) was an Australian politician in the Victorian State Parliament. He was born in Melbourne to butcher James Miller Balfour and Jane Laing Petrie. He was a founding pupil of the then-Working Mens College (Melbourne), now known as RMIT, and in 1887 became a public servant. Following Federation in 1901, he worked for the Postmaster-General's Department and established Australia's first white collar union while there. On 11 November 1913 he married Katrine Elizabeth Alice Murray, with whom he had five children, three of whom survived to adulthood. From 1921 to 1922 he was Secretary of the British Australian Wool Realisation Association, and from 1925 to 1936 was Chairman of the Victorian Dried Fruits Board. He also served on Brighton City Council from 1930 to 1931. From 1931 he was a dairy farmer at Willow Grove and in 1936, he won a by-election for Gippsland Province in the Victorian Legislative Council, representing the then-Country Party. He held the seat until his death at Warragul in 1943. His son Jim also served in the Victorian Parliament as The Hon James Charles Balfour CBE from 1967 to 1982. (en)
alongside	William MacAulay George Martley Davis
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Electoral results for the Gippsland Province List of Victorian Legislative Council by-elections Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1934–1937 Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1937–1940 Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1940–1943 Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1943–1946 1940 Victorian Legislative Council election James Balfour William MacAulay Martin McGregor Gippsland Province Jim Balfour George Martley Davis Trevor Harvey (politician)
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