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About James Merriman (politician)
- James Merriman (23 October 1816 – 13 May 1883) was an Australian politician. He was born at Parramatta to George and Mary Merriman.
- His parents died while he was very young and he was raised by guardians; he was first indentured as a cooper, and then was a whaler for four years.
- In 1843 he married Anne Thompson, with whom he had five children, one of whom, George, would later serve as a politician.
- Around 1850 he returned to settle at Sydney, where he ran shipping services between Sydney and New Zealand.
- From 1867 to 1883 he served on Sydney City Council, including periods as mayor in 1873 and from 1877 to 1878.
- In 1877 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for West Sydney, but he did not re-contest in 1880.
- Merriman died in Sydney in 1883.
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