James Belton was an Australian politician. He was born in Talbot

Talbot, Victoria

Talbot is a town in Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Talbot had a population of 296.-History:In September 1836, Major Thomas Livingstone Mitchell and his party reached the Talbot district and passed in the vicinity of Mount Greenock. Upon his return to Sydney he gave impressive reports as...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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. In 1909 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly

Tasmanian House of Assembly

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 as a Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 member for Darwin

Division of Braddon (state)

The Electoral Division of Braddon, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The constituency takes its name from the former Premier of Tasmania, Sir Edward Braddon. Prior to 1955, the electorate was known as Darwin. The boundaries and name of the electorate are...

. He was a minister from 1914 to 1916, but resigned to run (unsuccessfully) for the Senate

Australian Senate

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 in 1917. He was re-elected in a by-election in July of that year and served until his defeat in 1931. Belton died in 1935 at Wynyard

Wynyard, Tasmania

Wynyard is a rural town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies west of Burnie on the Bass Highway at the mouth of the Inglis River....

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