James O'Grady
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Sir James O'Grady KCMG |
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| 14th Governor of Tasmania | |
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In office 23 December 1924 – 23 December 1930 |
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| Monarch | King George V |
| Preceded by | Sir William Allardyce |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ernest Clark |
| 17th Governor of the Falkland Islands | |
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In office 1931–1934 |
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| Monarch | King George V |
| Preceded by | Sir Arnold Hodson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Herbert Henniker-Heaton |
| Member of Parliament for Leeds South East |
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In office 14 December 1918 – 29 October 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Henry Slesser |
| Member of Parliament for Leeds East |
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In office 8 February 1906 – 14 December 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Struther Cautley |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Personal details | |
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6 May 1866 Bristol, England, UK |
| Died | 10 December 1934 (aged 68) London, UK, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
Sir James O'Grady, KCMG (6 May 1866 – 10 December 1934) was a trade unionist and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the first colonial governor appointed by the Labour Party from within its own ranks.
O'Grady was born in Bristol to Irish parents. His father was a labourer, and after leaving school at ten, O'Grady did various lowly jobs, before training as a cabinet-maker, and became active in the Amalgamated Union of Cabinetmakers.
A member of the Independent Labour Party and supported by the Labour Representation Committee, he was elected at the 1906 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds East. He had benefited from an electoral pact negotiated between Herbert Gladstone and Ramsay MacDonald, and faced only a Unionist opponent, who he defeated by a wide margin.
O'Grady was re-elected at the elections in January 1910 and December 1910 elections, and when the Leeds East constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election, he was returned unopposed for the new Leeds South East constituency. He held that seat until he stepped down from Parliament at the 1924 general election.
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