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James Dooley (politician)
1877Apr, 26

James Dooley (politician)

James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (d. 1950)
James Thomas Dooley (26 April 1877 – 2 January 1950) served twice, briefly, as Premier of New South Wales during the early 1920s.

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