James Lorimer

James Lorimer (born 19 February 1962) is a South African politician, a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance, and the Shadow Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries. Previously he has served as a deputy spokesperson on Parliament's defence and basic education committees, and as Shadow Minister on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs as well as Mineral Affairs. He was first elected to the National Assembly in 2009. Education Lorimer was born in Johannesburg in 1962 and educated at St Stithians College and University of Witwatersrand. In 1981, while still at university, Lorimer began work as a freelance journalist on South Africa's first independent radio station, Capital Radio. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a BA degree.