{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{for|the musician|Stars in Battledress (band)}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Hon | name = James Larcombe | image = StateLibQld 1 113124 Politician The Honourable James Larcombe, 1919.jpg | caption = | order2 = 31st | office2 = Treasurer of Queensland | term_start2 = 7 March 1946 | term_end2 = 10 May 1950 | predecessor2 = Ned Hanlon | successor2 = Vince Gair | constituency2 = Rockhampton | constituency_AM3 = Keppel | assembly3 = Queensland Legislative | term_start3 = 27 April 1912 | term_end3 = 11 May 1929 | predecessor3 = New seat | successor3 = Owen Daniel | constituency_AM4 = Rockhampton | assembly4 = Queensland Legislative | term_start4 = 11 June 1932 | term_end4 = 19 May 1956 | predecessor4 = Thomas Dunlop | successor4 = Mick Gardner
| birth_date = {{birth date|1884|04|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rockhampton, Queensland | death_date = {{death date and age|1957|06|21|1884|04|25|df=yes}} | death_place = Brisbane, Queensland | resting_place = South Rockhampton Cemetery | party = Labor | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Butcher | relations = | profession = }}
'''James Larcombe''' (1884–1957) was a Labor politician from Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.<ref name=adb>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|id2=larcombe-james-7035|title=James Larcombe (1884–1957)|first=Joy|last=Guyatt|year=1983|volume=9|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=18 February 2011|archive-date=9 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309032921if_/http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090674b.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Early life== James Larcombe was born in Rockhampton, Queensland on 25 April 1884. His father, also named James Larcombe, was a butcher, and his mother was Mary (née Lee). He was educated at the Jenkins private school in Rockhampton.<ref name=rem>{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2200925520|access-date=8 February 2015|archive-date=8 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208074512/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2200925520|url-status=live}}</ref> As a young man, he worked as a butcher with his father and was active in the local labor movement. left|thumb|Larcombe speaking in 1928.
==Politics== At the 1912 election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland to represent the newly created electoral district of Keppel. While the MLA for Keppel, he was a minister without portfolio from 9 September 1919 to 22 October 1919. Then he was appointed as Secretary for Public Works from 22 October 1919 to 7 April 1920. Then he was Secretary for Railways (7 April 1920 to 21 May 1929). At the 1929 election, he was defeated by Daniel Owen of the Country and Progressive National Party.<ref name=rem/><ref name=qpmla>{{Cite QldMLA|access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>
He was elected again to the legislative assembly in the electoral district of Rockhampton at the 1932 election. Again he served in a number of ministries:<ref name=qpmla/> * Secretary for Mines: 12 April 1939 to 4 August 1939 * Minister for Transport: 4 August 1939 to 27 April 1944 * Secretary for Public Instruction: 27 April 1944 to 7 March 1946 * Treasurer: 7 March 1946 to 10 May 1950 * Attorney-General: 10 May 1950 to 10 March 1952 He held the seat of Rockhampton until his retirement at the 1956 election.
Combining his service in Keppel and Rockhampton makes him the assembly's longest serving member with 40 years 11 months 22 days; however, Joh Bjelke-Petersen has the longest period of continuous service (40 years 6 months 28 days).<ref name=rts>{{cite web|title=Record Terms of Service|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/parliamentaryrecord/sections/Part%202.15.pdf|publisher=Queensland Parliament|access-date=17 February 2014|archive-date=26 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426234110/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/parliamentaryrecord/sections/Part%202.15.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Later life== Having never married, Larcombe died in Brisbane on 21 June 1957. He was accorded a State funeral<ref name=rem/> which took place from St Paul's Cathedral, Rockhampton to the South Rockhampton Cemetery.<ref name=adb/><ref name=rrc>[http://www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au/Your_Community/Cemeteries/Family_History South Rockhampton Cemetery (Rockhampton General Cemetery) Index] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203010604/http://www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au/Your_Community/Cemeteries/Family_History |date= 3 February 2015 }} — Rockhampton Regional Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 7 January 2015.</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-qld}} {{s-new|seat}} {{s-ttl |title= Member for Keppel|years=1912–1929}} {{s-aft|after=Owen Daniel}} {{s-bef|before= Thomas Dunlop}} {{s-ttl |title= Member for Rockhampton|years=1932–1956}} {{s-aft|after=Mick Gardner}} {{s-end}}
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