James Fletcher (Australian politician)

James Fletcher (August 1834 – 19 March 1891) was an Australian coalminer and owner, newspaper proprietor and politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

The union then attempted to establish a mining cooperative, New South Wales Co-operative Coal Co, under Fletcher's leadership, but it failed.

[2] In 1884 he ran into financial difficulties and was sued by James Brown to recover loss and his friends helped him raise the £4,000.

[2] Fletcher was elected as a Protectionist Party member for Newcastle in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, serving from 1880 until his death in 1891.

[2] Fletcher died from heart disease and apoplexy in Melbourne on 19 March 1891(1891-03-19) (aged 56), survived by his wife, six sons and three daughters.