James Edward Hoad was an Australian politician.

Born in Tumut

Tumut, New South Wales

Tumut is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the banks of the Tumut River. Tumut is at the foothills of the Snowy Mountains and is referred to as the gateway to the Snowy Mountains Scheme...

 to bricklayer George Hoad and Mary Ann Unstead, he worked as a stockman in the Tumut district. On 19 September 1883 he married Harriett Brouger, with whom he had five children (one son, Ken Hoad

Ken Hoad

Kenneth Oswald Hoad was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1932, representing the electorate of Cootamundra....

, would enter the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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). He established a business in Junee

Junee, New South Wales

Junee is a medium sized town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town's prosperity and mixed services economy is based on a combination of agriculture, rail transport, light industry and government services, and in particular correctional services...

 in 1886 and was elected to the council in 1894, serving continuously until 1931 (mayor 1899, 1906–09, 1920–21). He lost one of his eyes in 1896. In 1893 he was a foundation member and president of the Junee Labor League, later becoming active in the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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. He was an executive officer of the Riverina

Riverina

The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales , Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to develop...

 branch of the Australian Workers Union for many years. In 1925 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council

New South Wales Legislative Council

The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...

, serving until his death in 1931 at Randwick

Randwick, New South Wales

Randwick is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Randwick...

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