Preceded by New seat Succeeded by George Mackay Name Jacob Stumm | Preceded by Andrew Fisher Role Australian Politician Succeeded by Andrew Fisher Resigned March 26, 1917 | |
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Born 26 August 1853
Frankfurt am Main, Germany ( 1853-08-26 ) Political party Commonwealth Liberal Party Died January 23, 1921, Gympie, Australia Party Commonwealth Liberal Party | ||
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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.