James Mackinnon (politician)

James Archibald Mackinnon was a politician and stock and station agent in New South Wales, Australia.
He was born in Benalla and was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. He worked as a station agent around the Murray River, and eventually owned land around Young, [New South Wales|Young]. In 1882 he was elected to the New [South Wales Legislative Assembly] as the member for Young. In 1885 he was defeated by two votes, in a result that was overturned and resulted in Mackinnon resuming his seat. Initially associated with the Protectionists, he joined the Australian Labor Party (New [South Wales Branch)|Labor Party] when it formed in 1891, but refused to sign the pledge and was defeated as a Protectionist in 1894. He later moved to Grenfell, where he died in 1910.