James McCulloch
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Sir James McCulloch KCMG |
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| 5th Premier of Victoria | |
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In office 27 June 1863 – 6 May 1868 |
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| Preceded by | John O'Shanassy |
| Succeeded by | Charles Sladen |
| Constituency | Mornington (1862–1872) |
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In office 11 July 1868 – 20 September 1869 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Sladen |
| Succeeded by | John Alexander MacPherson |
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In office 9 April 1870 – 19 June 1871 |
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| Preceded by | John Alexander MacPherson |
| Succeeded by | Charles Gavan Duffy |
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In office 20 October 1875 – 21 May 1877 |
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| Preceded by | Graham Berry |
| Succeeded by | Graham Berry |
| Constituency | Warrnambool (1874–1878) |
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18 March 1819 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Died | 31 January 1893 (aged 73) Epsom, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Renwick (m. 1841) Margaret Boak Inglis (m. 1867) |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Sir James McCulloch, KCMG (18 March 1819 – 31 January 1893), Australian colonial politician, was the fifth Premier of Victoria.
McCulloch was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was the son of George McCulloch, a quarry master and contractor, and Jane Thomson, a farmer's daughter. He had only a primary education and as a young man worked in shops, eventually becoming a junior partner in a softgoods firm. On 11 May 1853 McCulloch arrived in Melbourne aboard the Adelaide (John Everard being a fellow passenger) to manage the mercantile firm of Dennistoun Brothers in Melbourne. Following closure of the Dennistoun office in 1861, James McCulloch started his own business McCulloch, Sellar and Company in partnership with fellow Scot Robert Sellar. In the boom conditions following the Victorian Gold Rush, he soon became a wealthy man and a director of several banks and other companies. He was President of the Chamber of Commerce 1856–1857 and 1862–1863.
McCulloch was appointed a member of the Legislative Council on 1 August 1854, replacing Andrew Aldcorn. When Victoria gained responsible government in 1856, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Wimmera, which he represented from November 1856 to around August 1859, when he shifted to East Melbourne from October 1859. He later represented Mornington from March 1862 to around March 1872 and Warrnambool from May 1874 to around May 1878.
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