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James Macfarlane (1844-1914) Gregor McGregor (1848-1914) Senator for Tasmania 1901-1910 Senator for South Australia 1901-1914 ames Macfarlane was born in Glasgow, regor McGregor was born in Kilmun, McGregor was universally respected and was JScotland and arrived in Tasmania around GArgyllshire, Scotland and worked his renowned for being a practical rather than a 1870. With his brother he formed Macfarlane passage to South Australia in 1877. A theoretical politician. Ill health forced him to Brothers which became one of the colony’s labourer, McGregor was an active unionist retire from the Senate in July 1914 and he leading shipping businesses. He was who was instrumental in the formation of died soon after retiring. Chairman of the Hobart Chamber of the South Australian Labor Party. McGregor Commerce. was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council 1894-1901. At the first federal election in 1901 Macfarlane was elected to represent Tasmania as a In 1901 McGregor was elected to represent Freetrader in the Senate. He was active in the South Australia in the Senate at the first first Senate on matters relating to shipping federal election. A fervent supporter of and navigation, including the Select protectionist policies, McGregor was the Committee appointed to inquire into first South Australian Labor representative in steamship communication between the the Senate. He led the Federal Parliamentary Australian mainland and Tasmania in 1901, Labor Party in the Senate in 1901 and was and was a member of the Royal Commission Leader of the Opposition 1913-14. In three on the Navigation Bill 1904-06. Macfarlane pre-war Labor ministries he was Vice- was defeated in the election of 1910. President of the Executive Council. Although virtually blind, McGregor was assisted in his work in the Senate by a remarkable memory. The state of Tasmania was also represented in the first Senate by: The state of South Australia was also represented in the first Senate by: John Henry Keating John Singleton Clemons David John O’Keefe Sir Josiah Henry Symon Thomas Playford Sir Richard Chaffey Baker Henry Dobson Cyril St.Clair Cameron Sir John William Downer David Morley Charleston.

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