Bert James

"Albert James" redirects here. For the Tax Court judge, see Albert E. James.

For other people named Bert James, see Bert James (disambiguation).

Albert William James (22 September 1914 – 30 September 2006) was an Australian politician. He was born in Collie, Western Australia, the son of Rowley James, a future Labor member for Hunter in the Australian House of Representatives. Albert was educated at state schools in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales. He was a policeman from 1940 to 1960, when he contested the by-election for his father's old seat of Hunter that followed H. V. Evatt's resignation. He held Hunter until his retirement in 1980. James died in 2006.^[1]

Albert James
Member of the Australian Parliament for Hunter
In office 9 April 1960 – 19 September 1980
Preceded by	H. V. Evatt
Succeeded by	Bob Brown
Personal details
Born	(1914-09-22)22 September 1914 Collie, Western Australia
Died	30 September 2006(2006-09-30) (aged 92) Booragul, New South Wales
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Relations	Rowley James (father)
Occupation	Policeman

Links with the KGB

In 2014 newly released Russian intelligence archives revealed that James had been in regular contact with the Soviet embassy in Canberra in the early 1970s, although it was unclear what information he had passed on.^[2] ASIO files have confirmed the KGB connection.^[3]

References

1. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
2. Dorling, Philip. "Agent Albert: MP listed as secret KGB informant in Russian archives". Canberra Times. Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
3. Dorling, Philip (26 December 2014). "ASIO spy case file on Labor MP Albert James reveals KGB meetings". The Age. Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by H. V. Evatt	Member for Hunter 1960–1980	Succeeded by Bob Brown