Jim McClelland

Jim McClelland
Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
In office
14 April 1980 – 2 June 1985
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byJerrold Cripps
Minister for Labor and Immigration
In office
6 June 1975 – 11 November 1975
Prime MinisterGough Whitlam
Preceded byClyde Cameron
Succeeded byTony Street
Minister for Manufacturing Industry
In office
10 February 1975 – 6 June 1975
Prime MinisterGough Whitlam
Preceded byKep Enderby
Succeeded byLionel Bowen
Senator for New South Wales
In office
16 March 1971 – 21 July 1978
Preceded byJames Ormonde
Succeeded byKerry Sibraa
Personal details
Born(1915-06-03)3 June 1915
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died16 January 1999(1999-01-16) (aged 83)
Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLabor
Spouse(s)
Nora Fitzer
(m. 1947; div. 1968)

Freda Watson
(m. 1968; died 1976)

Gillian Appleton
(m. 1978)
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
University of Sydney
OccupationSolicitor, unionist

James Robert McClelland[a] (3 June 1915 – 16 January 1999) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for New South Wales from 1971 to 1978. He briefly held ministerial office in the Whitlam government in 1975 as Minister for Manufacturing Industry and Minister for Labor and Immigration. He later served as the inaugural Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales from 1980 to 1985, as well as presiding over the 1984 McClelland Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia.
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