Jacob Stumm
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Lilley |
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In office 31 May 1913 – 26 March 1917 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | George Mackay |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Gympie |
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In office 28 March 1896 – 11 March 1899 Serving with William Smyth |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Fisher |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Fisher |
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26 August 1853 Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Died | 23 January 1921 (aged 67) Gympie, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | Commonwealth Liberal Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Ministerial |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Pride (m.1878 d.1925) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Jacob Stumm (26 August 1853 – 23 January 1921) was an Australian politician.
Born in Frankfurt am Main in Germany, he migrated to Australia as a child and was educated at state schools in Toowoomba before becoming a Hansard reporter, a journalist and the proprietor of The Gympie Times. He also invested in dairying and gold mining. Stumm used his newspaper to campaign against the sitting member for Gympie, Andrew Fisher (who later became Labor's second Prime Minister of Australia), accusing Fisher of being a dangerous revolutionary and an anti-Catholic.
He defeated Fisher and in 1896 was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Gympie, a position he held until 1899. In 1913, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for the new seat of Lilley. His retirement in 1917 was partly due to his German birth. After his retirement he invested in newspapers, mining and horse racing.
Stumm died in 1921 and was buried in Gympie Cemetery.
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