Jim Eggins

{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox MP | honorific_prefix = | name = Jim Eggins | honorific_suffix = | image = James Eggins.jpg | constituency_MP = Lyne | parliament = Australian | majority = | predecessor = ''New seat'' | successor = Philip Lucock | term_start = 10 December 1949 | term_end = 28 January 1952 | birth_name = Eldred James Eggins | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1898|4|7}} | birth_place = Grafton, New South Wales | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1952|1|28|1898|4|7}} | death_place = Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia | spouse = | party = Australian Country Party | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Farmer | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Eldred James Eggins''' (7 April 1898 – 28 January 1952) was an Australian politician and a member of the Country Party of Australia.

Jim Eggins was born at Grafton, New South Wales and educated in state schools. He served in the military in 1918 and later grew bananas in the Brunswick River region, and was a seed merchant in Lismore. He also served on Lismore City Council, including as mayor in 1932, 1935 and 1936.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/195515969|title=Death of Jim Eggins|newspaper=Daily Examiner|location=Grafton, NSW|date=30 January 1952}}</ref>

Eggins served as the Chairman of the New South Wales Fodder and Conservation Board. He was also Chairman of the New South Wales Country Party from 1945 till 1949.

He served in the New South Wales Legislative Council between April 1940 and October 1949.<ref name="NSW Parl">{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=1602 |name=Mr Eldred James Eggins (1898-1952) |former=Yes |access- Hedate=21 June 2020}}</ref> He was elected as the member for the Division of Lyne in the Australian House of Representatives in 1949,<ref name="Pasphos 1949">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=1949 legislative election: House of Representatives: New South Wales|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1949/1949repsnsw.txt|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-21|website=Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive}}</ref> and was re-elected in 1951.<ref name="Pasphos 1951">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=1951 legislative election: House of Representatives: New South Wales|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1951/1951repsnsw.txt|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-21|website=Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive}}</ref>

Eggins died in office on 28 January 1952, a day after being admitted to St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, with a "cerebral condition". He had two sons and four daughters, with one son killed in World War II.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/145621073|title=Sudden Death of E.J. Eggins|newspaper=Daily Advertiser|location=Wagga Wagga, NSW|date=29 January 1952}}</ref> His death prompted the 1952 Lyne by-election at which Philip Lucock retained the seat for the Country Party.

==References== {{Reflist}}   {{s-start}} {{s-par | au}} {{s-new | division}} {{s-ttl | title=Member for Lyne | years=1949–1952}} {{s-aft | after=Philip Lucock}} {{s-end}}

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