Peterson, James Christian (Jens)
Personal
Birth Date:
11 December 1880 (Rockhampton, Queensland)
Death Date:
30 April 1953 (Sydney, New South Wales)
Parents:
Neils Peterson and Maria Elizabeth (nee Thorsen)
Family:
Cordelia May Dawbarn, 2 daughters
Education:
Rockhampton schools
Religion:
Christian Science
Career
Builder, Sydney, Mount Morgan and Rockhampton; Carpenter, 1902 to 1914, Sydney
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | ALP | Normanby | 22 May 1915 | 2 Sep 1915 | |
Assembly | CP | Normanby | 2 Sep 1915 | 12 May 1923 | |
Assembly | UAP | Normanby | 12 May 1923 | 12 May 1925 | |
Assembly | CPNP | Normanby | 12 May 1925 | 11 Jun 1932 | |
Assembly | CPNP | Fitzroy | 11 Jun 1932 | 11 May 1935 | Did not contest |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Home Secretary | 21 May 1929 | 17 Jun 1932 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Member and Secretary (1898), Rockhampton Workers Political Organisation. As Home Secretary, Mr Petersen was responsible for local government and introduced legislation which gave a home occupier the right to vote in local elections in place of adult franchise. He also passed legislation which removed children's courts from the precints of the Police Court, a move that had been proposed by the Queensland Parliament's first woman member, Irene Longman. As Home Secretary, Mr Petersen had legislation passed that removed children's courts from the precints of the Police Court, which had been proposed by the Queensland Parliament's first woman member, Irene Longman
Sources:
Image sourced from Lack, Clem, Three Decades of Queensland Political History, 1929-1960 (Brisbane: Government Printer, 1962); Waterson, DB and John Arnold, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982)
[Last Modified: Wednesday, 30 August 2017]