James Munro (Australian politician)

James Munro
15th Premier of Victoria
In office
5 November 1890 – 16 February 1892
Preceded byDuncan Gillies
Succeeded byWilliam Shiels
Personal details
Born(1832-01-07)7 January 1832
Sutherland, Scotland
Died25 February 1908(1908-02-25) (aged 76)
Resting placeSt Kilda Cemetery
SpouseJane Macdonald

James Munro (7 January 1832 – 25 February 1908) was a Scottish born Australian businessman and colonial politician, and the 15th Premier of Victoria.[1][2] He is best known as one of the leading figures in the land boom of the 1880s and especially the subsequent crash of the early 1890s, where his Christian morals were seen to clash with his business activities.

  1. ^ Burke, Bernard (1970). Burke's Colonial Gentry. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry. Vol. 1 and 2. Baltimore Genealogical Pub. Co. pp. 638–639.
  2. ^ Munro, R.W, ed. (1947). "Clan Munro Annual" (2). Clan Munro Association: 15. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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