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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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|office = Member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]<br/>of [[Western Australia]]
| office1 = Member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Western Australia]] for [[Electoral district of Avon Valley|Avon Valley]]
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| term_start1 = {{start date|1950|3|25|df=yes}}
|constituency = [[Electoral district of Beverley|Beverley]]
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|term_start = 12 April 1930
| predecessor1 = ''Electoral district created''
|term_end = 25 March 1950
| successor1 = ''Electoral district abolished''
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|predecessor = [[Charles Wansbrough]]
| office2 = Member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Western Australia]] for [[Electoral district of Beverley|Beverley]]
|successor = None {{Small|(seat abolished)}}
| term_start2 = {{start date|1930|4|12|df=yes}}
|constituency2 = [[Electoral district of Avon Valley|Avon Valley]]
| term_end2 = {{start date|1950|3|25|df=yes}}
|term_start2 = 25 March 1950
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| predecessor2 = [[Charles Wansbrough]]
|term_end2 = 31 March 1962
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| successor2 = ''Electoral district abolished''
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|6|22|df=y}}
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|successor2 = None {{Small|(seat abolished)}}
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| birth_place = [[Toodyay, Western Australia|Toodyay]], [[Western Australia]], Australia
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|6|22|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|6|20|1892|6|22|df=y}}
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|birth_place = [[Toodyay, Western Australia|Toodyay]], [[Western Australia]], Australia
| death_place = [[Beverley, Western Australia|Beverley]], [[Western Australia]], Australia
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|death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|6|20|1892|6|22|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Beverley, Western Australia|Beverley]], [[Western Australia]], Australia
| party = [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]]
|party = [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist]] (1927)<br/>[[National Party of Australia|Country]] (1924; 1930–1949)<br/>[[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] (from 1949)
| otherparty = {{plainlist| *[[National Party of Australia (WA)|Country]] (1924; 1930–1949)
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'''James Isaac Mann''' (22 June 1892 – 20 June 1965) was an Australian politician who was a member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Western Australia]] from 1930 to 1962.
'''James Isaac Mann''' (22 June 1892 – 20 June 1965) was an Australian politician who was a member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] of [[Western Australia]] from 1930 to 1962. He represented two [[Wheatbelt (Western Australia)|Wheatbelt]] electorates, holding the [[Electoral district of Beverley|seat of Beverley]] from 1930 to 1950 and the [[Electoral district of Avon Valley|seat of Avon Valley]] from 1950 to 1962, and at various times sat for the [[National Party of Australia (WA)|Country Party]], the [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist Party]], the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal Party]], and as an [[Independent politician|independent]].


==Early life==
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Mann was born in [[Toodyay, Western Australia]], to Caroline Jane (née Edwards) and John Gibson Mann. He was raised in [[Beverley, Western Australia|Beverley]], where his father was an early settler and served as the town's mayor for a period. Mann enlisted in the [[First Australian Imperial Force|Australian Imperial Force]] in December 1914, and during the war served with the [[10th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|10th Light Horse Regiment]]. After returning to Australia, he took up land at Beverley as part of a [[Soldier settlement (Australia)|soldier settlement]] scheme.<ref name="bio">[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/8ACB661E5D8FD684482577E50028A6DB?OpenDocument James Isaac Mann] – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2016.</ref> Mann first ran for parliament at the [[Western Australian state election, 1924|1924 state election]], but was narrowly defeated by [[Charles Wansbrough]] in the [[Electoral district of Beverley|seat of Beverley]], losing by just 15 votes on the [[Two-party-preferred|two-candidate-preferred]] count. Both Mann and Wansbrough stood for the [[National Party of Australia|Country Party]], but owing to a split in party stood for different factions, with Mann representing the Ministerial faction (supporting the government of [[James Mitchell (Australian politician)|James Mitchell]]) and Wansbrough representing the Executive faction (opposing Mitchell's government).<ref name="res">{{cite book|last=Black|first=David|authorlink=David Black (historian)|last2=Prescott|first2=Valerie|title=Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996|year=1997|publisher=Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission|location=Perth, [W.A.]|isbn=0730984095}}</ref>
Mann was born in [[Toodyay, Western Australia]], to Caroline Jane (née Edwards) and John Gibson Mann. He was raised in [[Beverley, Western Australia|Beverley]], where his father was an early settler and served as the town's mayor for a period. Mann enlisted in the [[First Australian Imperial Force|Australian Imperial Force]] in December 1914, and during the war served with the [[10th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|10th Light Horse Regiment]]. After returning to Australia, he took up land at Beverley as part of a [[Soldier settlement (Australia)|soldier settlement]] scheme.<ref name="bio">[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/8ACB661E5D8FD684482577E50028A6DB?OpenDocument James Isaac Mann] – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2016.</ref>


==Politics==
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At the [[Western Australian state election, 1927|1927 state election]], Mann recontested Beverley for the [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist Party]], but was again defeated by Wansbrough. He had switched back to the Country Party by the [[Western Australian state election, 1930|1930 election]], and on his third attempt defeated Wansbrough with 55.4 percent of the two-candidate-preferred vote.<ref name="res"/> From 1943 to 1947, Mann was deputy chairman of committees in the Legislative Assembly.<ref name="bio"/> He resigned from the Country Party in March 1949,<ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201842041 "MR. J. I. MANN RESIGNS FROM C.D.L."], ''The Beverley Times'', 11 March 1949.</ref> and initially sat as an [[Independent (politics)|independent]] before joining the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] in May 1949. He was a supporter of a merger between the two parties (in order to provide a more consistent opposition to the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]]), and the Liberal Party changed its name to the [[Liberal and Country League (Western Australia)|Liberal and Country League]] after his defection (although he was the only Country MP to do so).<ref name="bio"/> At the [[Western Australian state election, 1950|1950 state election]], the seat of Beverley was abolished and Mann transferred to the new [[Electoral district of Avon Valley|seat of Avon Valley]]. He held that seat until his retirement at the [[Western Australian state election, 1962|1962 election]], consistently winning large majorities (and running unopposed on one occasion, [[Western Australian state election, 1953|in 1953]]).<ref name="res"/>
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Mann first ran for parliament at the [[1924 Western Australian state election|1924 state election]], but was narrowly defeated by [[Charles Wansbrough]] in the [[Electoral district of Beverley|seat of Beverley]], losing by just 15 votes on the [[Two-party-preferred|two-candidate-preferred]] count. Both Mann and Wansbrough stood for the [[National Party of Australia (WA)|Country Party]], but owing to a split in party stood for different factions, with Mann representing the Ministerial faction (supporting the government of [[James Mitchell (Australian politician)|James Mitchell]]) and Wansbrough representing the Executive faction (opposing Mitchell's government).<ref name="res">{{cite book|last=Black|first=David|authorlink=David Black (historian)|last2=Prescott|first2=Valerie|title=Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996|year=1997|publisher=Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission|location=Perth, [W.A.]|isbn=0730984095}}</ref>


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At the [[1927 Western Australian state election|1927 state election]], Mann recontested Beverley for the [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist Party]], but was again defeated by Wansbrough. He had switched back to the Country Party by the [[1930 Western Australian state election|1930 election]], and on his third attempt defeated Wansbrough with 55.4 percent of the two-candidate-preferred vote.<ref name="res"/> From 1943 to 1947, Mann was deputy chairman of committees in the Legislative Assembly.<ref name="bio"/> He resigned from the Country Party in March 1949,<ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201842041 "MR. J. I. MANN RESIGNS FROM C.D.L."], ''The Beverley Times'', 11 March 1949.</ref> and initially sat as an [[Independent (politics)|independent]] before joining the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal and Country League]] in May 1949. He was a supporter of a merger between the two parties (in order to provide a more consistent opposition to the [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor Party]]), and the Liberal Party later merged into [[Liberal and Country League (Western Australia)|Liberal and Country League]].<ref name="bio"/>

The seat of Beverley was abolished at the [[1950 Western Australian state election|1950 state election]], and Mann transferred to the new [[Electoral district of Avon Valley|seat of Avon Valley]]. He held that seat until his retirement at the [[1962 Western Australian state election|1962 election]], consistently winning large majorities (and running unopposed on one occasion, [[1953 Western Australian state election|in 1953]]). Mann and [[Ross McLarty]] (who also retired in 1962) were the last remaining MPs elected in 1930.<ref name="res"/>

==Later life and family==
Mann died in Beverley in June 1965, aged 72. He had married Clara Constance Smith in April 1919, with whom he had two sons and two daughters. His father-in-law, [[Edmund Horace Smith]], was also a member of parliament.<ref name="bio"/>
Mann died in Beverley in June 1965, aged 72. He had married Clara Constance Smith in April 1919, with whom he had two sons and two daughters. His father-in-law, [[Edmund Horace Smith]], was also a member of parliament.<ref name="bio"/>


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Latest revision as of 18:51, 31 October 2024

James Mann
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia for Avon Valley
In office
25 March 1950 (1950-03-25) – 31 March 1962 (1962-03-31)
Preceded byElectoral district created
Succeeded byElectoral district abolished
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia for Beverley
In office
12 April 1930 (1930-04-12) – 25 March 1950 (1950-03-25)
Preceded byCharles Wansbrough
Succeeded byElectoral district abolished
Personal details
Born(1892-06-22)22 June 1892
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Died20 June 1965(1965-06-20) (aged 72)
Beverley, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations

James Isaac Mann (22 June 1892 – 20 June 1965) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1930 to 1962. He represented two Wheatbelt electorates, holding the seat of Beverley from 1930 to 1950 and the seat of Avon Valley from 1950 to 1962, and at various times sat for the Country Party, the Nationalist Party, the Liberal Party, and as an independent.

Early life

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Mann was born in Toodyay, Western Australia, to Caroline Jane (née Edwards) and John Gibson Mann. He was raised in Beverley, where his father was an early settler and served as the town's mayor for a period. Mann enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in December 1914, and during the war served with the 10th Light Horse Regiment. After returning to Australia, he took up land at Beverley as part of a soldier settlement scheme.[1]

Politics

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Mann first ran for parliament at the 1924 state election, but was narrowly defeated by Charles Wansbrough in the seat of Beverley, losing by just 15 votes on the two-candidate-preferred count. Both Mann and Wansbrough stood for the Country Party, but owing to a split in party stood for different factions, with Mann representing the Ministerial faction (supporting the government of James Mitchell) and Wansbrough representing the Executive faction (opposing Mitchell's government).[2]

At the 1927 state election, Mann recontested Beverley for the Nationalist Party, but was again defeated by Wansbrough. He had switched back to the Country Party by the 1930 election, and on his third attempt defeated Wansbrough with 55.4 percent of the two-candidate-preferred vote.[2] From 1943 to 1947, Mann was deputy chairman of committees in the Legislative Assembly.[1] He resigned from the Country Party in March 1949,[3] and initially sat as an independent before joining the Liberal and Country League in May 1949. He was a supporter of a merger between the two parties (in order to provide a more consistent opposition to the Labor Party), and the Liberal Party later merged into Liberal and Country League.[1]

The seat of Beverley was abolished at the 1950 state election, and Mann transferred to the new seat of Avon Valley. He held that seat until his retirement at the 1962 election, consistently winning large majorities (and running unopposed on one occasion, in 1953). Mann and Ross McLarty (who also retired in 1962) were the last remaining MPs elected in 1930.[2]

Later life and family

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Mann died in Beverley in June 1965, aged 72. He had married Clara Constance Smith in April 1919, with whom he had two sons and two daughters. His father-in-law, Edmund Horace Smith, was also a member of parliament.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d James Isaac Mann – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.
  3. ^ "MR. J. I. MANN RESIGNS FROM C.D.L.", The Beverley Times, 11 March 1949.
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Electoral district created
 Member for Avon Valley
1950-1962 		Succeeded by
Electoral district abolished
Preceded by Member for Beverley
1930-1950 		Succeeded by
Electoral district abolished
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