Peterson, James Christian (Jens)

Personal

Peterson, James Christian  (Jens)
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]