James Farrer (Australian politician)

James Farish Farrer (6 January 1876 – 6 July 1967) was an Australian politician.

Farrer was born in Modewarre, where he attended state school before qualifying as a woolclasser.[1] He became a grazier at Modewarre and later at Pirron Yallock, and on 28 February 1914 married Alice Annie Jenkins,[1] with whom he had two sons. In June 1906 he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Barwon.[2] A Liberal, he served until his defeat in October 1917.[2] Farrer retired around 1929 and died in Richmond in 1967.

References

  1. ^ a b Farrer, James Farish at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 April 2012)
  2. ^ a b "James Farish Farrer". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 22 August 2025.


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