James Garden Ramsay
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The Honourable John James Garden Ramsay (1827[1] – 20 January 1890[2]) was an industrialist and politician in colonial South Australia.
Ramsay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and served his apprenticeship as an engineer at the St. Rollox Ironworks in Glasgow, and came to South Australia in 1857, establishing four years later at Mount Barker an agricultural implement and machine manufactory, which represented the starting point of what later grew into the largest business of its kind in the colony.[2]
Ramsay represented Mount Barker in the South Australian Legislative Assembly from 5 April 1870 (along with John Cheriton), and on 7 July 1880 was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council, for which he sat until of his death.[3] Ramsay was Commissioner of Public Works in the Henry Ayers Ministry from January to March 1872 and in the two John Cox Bray governments from June 1881 to June 1884. Ramsay was Chief Secretary under John Cox Bray from 23 April 1884 to 16 June 1884; and under Thomas Playford II from 11 June 1887 to 27 June 1889.[4]
On 20 January 1890, Ramsay died from the effects of injuries sustained through the bursting of a lamp in a railway carriage in which he was travelling.[2] In 1886 Ramsay received the Queen's permission to bear the style of The Honourable within the colony.[5]
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Ramsay, Hon. John James Garden". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Commissioner of Public Works 22 Jan 1872 – 4 Mar 1872 |
Succeeded by Wentworth Cavenagh |
Preceded by | Commissioner of Public Works 24 Jun 1881 – 23 Apr 1884 |
Succeeded by David Bower |
South Australian House of Assembly | ||
Previous: William Rogers |
Member for Mount Barker 1870 – 1875 Served alongside: John Cheriton, William West-Erskine |
Succeeded by Albert Landseer |
Previous: William West-Erskine |
Member for Mount Barker 1876 – 1878 Served alongside: Albert Landseer |
Succeeded by Francis Stokes |
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