James Tolmie

James Tolmie (25 July 1862 – 6 April 1939) was a member of the Parliament of Queensland, newspaper proprietor, and soldier. and with the exception of a break of 12 months in 1908, represented the Toowoomba area continuously until 1918. At the general election in 1918 he was defeated by F. T. Brennan, better known as Judge Brennan. From 1924 to 1927 he was an alderman of the City of Toowoomba.

Family Mr. Tolmie, who did not marry, died in 1939 and was buried in Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery. He was survived by five sisters, one of whom married Herbert Yeates MLA. Nephews included Dr. Derick Yeates FRCS, of Brisbane, Herbert Yeates, a barrister, of Brisbane, and Fergus Yeates, former Queensland Sheffield Shield slow bowler, and lecturer at Sydney University and James McRae Yeates for whom the James McRae Yeates prize for clinical surgery was named.