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About James Drake
James George Drake, often cited as J. G. Drake, was an Australian politician. After a number of years in Queensland colonial politics, he was elected to the Senate at the first federal election in 1901. He subsequently held ministerial office under prime ministers Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, and George Reid, serving as Postmaster-General (1901–1903), Minister for Defence (1903), Attorney-General (1903–1904), and Vice-President of the Executive Council (1904–1905).
Everything about James Drake →- Occupation
- journalist, politician, lawyer
- Position held
- Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, member of the Australian Senate, Member of the Queensland Legislative Council, Attorney-General for Australia
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Born
- April 26, 1850
- Died
- August 1, 1941