James Heaslip

James Alexander Heaslip (11 October 1900 – 13 August 1988) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Rocky River from 1949 to 1968 for the Liberal and Country League.[1]

Heaslip was born in Carrieton and educated at the Appila State School and Prince Alfred College. He was a farmer and grazier, as well as a director of Grosvenor Hotel Ltd and a number of other companies. He was vice-president of the South Australian Wheat and Woolgrowers' Association, a member of the University of Adelaide council from 1959 to 1961 and a member of the Primary Producers Assistance Committee from 1968 to 1971.[2][3]

He married Nellie Burston McMurray in 1930. They had one son and three daughters.[2]

References

  1. James Heaslip: SA Parliament
  2. Coxon, Howard, Playford, John & Reid, Robert (1985). Biographical register of the South Australian Parliament 1857-1957. Wakefield Press. pp. 104–105.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "L.C.L. CANDIDATE FOR BY-ELECTION". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 4 February 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2017 via National Library of Australia.


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