James Long | |
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Senator for Tasmania | |
In office 1 July 1910 – 20 December 1918 | |
Succeeded by | Edward Mulcahy |
Personal details | |
Born | 1870 Hamilton-on-Forth, Tasmania |
Died | 23 December 1932 (aged 61–62) Prahran, Victoria, Australia |
Political party | Labor |
Spouse |
Rebecca Turnbull (m. 1893) |
Occupation | Miner |
James Joseph Long (1870 – 23 December 1932) was an Australian politician. He was a Senator for Tasmania from 1910 to 1918, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He resigned from the Senate following a royal commission's finding that he had accepted bribes, although he was never charged with a criminal offence. Long previously served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1903 to 1910 and was briefly a state government minister. He was a miner and trade union official before entering parliament.