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Life Summary

Name	James McDonald
Born	12 January, 1877 Newstead, Victoria, Australia
Died	17 October, 1947 (aged 70) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (bladder)
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Yando Primary School (Vic) (student, 1882-1894)
Occupation or Descriptor *	farm labourer (1894-1897) Victoria, Australia copper miner (1899-1909) Tasmania, Australia silver, lead, zinc miner (1909-1915) Tasmania, Australia trade union official (1913-1920) Tasmania, Australia labour politician (1915-1922) Tasmania, Australia Member of Lower House (1915-1916) Tasmania, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Tasmania, Australia Member of Upper House (1916-1922) Tasmania, Australia labour politician (1928-1947) Tasmania, Australia Member of Upper House (1928-1947) Tasmania, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian Workers' Union (Tas) (organiser, ?-?) Australian Workers' Union (Tas) (president, ?-?) Federated Mining Employees Association of Australia (Tas) (president, 1913-1918) Federated Mining Employees Association of Australia (Tas) (secretary, 1918-1920)
Political Activism *	ALP (Tas) (member, ?-1947) ALP (Tas) (politican, 1915-1922) anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) ALP (Tas) (politician, 1928-1947)
Workplaces *	Parliament of Tasmania (Leg. Assembly - member, 1915-1916) Parliament of Tasmania (Leg. Council - member, 1916-1922) Parliament of Tasmania (Leg. Council - member, 1928-1947)

* Dates are approximate