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Which position did Samuel James Mitchell hold from Jun 1909 to Dec 1909?
Samuel James Mitchell Samuel James Mitchell ( 11 May 1852 – 3 October 1926 ) was an Australian politician and judge . He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1901 to 1910 , representing the Northern Territory . He was Government Resident of the Northern Territory and the inaugural judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory from 1910 to 1912 . He returned to South Australia after 1912 , serving as a judge in various capacities until his death . Early life . Mitchell was born near Mount Barker in South Australia . He was educated at RC Mittons Grammar school in Adelaide . He worked at Mount Gambier and Melrose before moving to Port Augusta in 1871 and working as an auctioneer . He was a Corporate Town of Port Augusta councillor and served as its mayor for two years before returning to Adelaide and working as a draper . He married Eliza Ann Gardner on 15 September 1875 . Legal life . He became an article clerk for Henry Edward Downer in 1885 . Samuel Mitchell graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1890 and was admitted to the Bar and practised with Paris Nesbit QC and later Robert Ingleby QC . Political life . He was Mayor of Port Augusta for 2 years . He stood unsuccessfully for parliament in 1900 , but in 1901 won the House of Assembly seat for the Northern Territory . He was re-elected in 1902 and 1906 and was Attorney-General for 6 months from June 1909 . As Northern Territory Judge . In 1910 with the transfer of the Northern Territory to Commonwealth control , he resigned to become the Government resident and the Northern Territory Judge . In 1911 he helped to effect the transfer of control to the Commonwealth . He remained Acting Administrator and Judge but resigned in 1912 after the Federal authorities would not make his appointment for life . Later life . He returned to South Australia and became a Stipendiary Magistrate and in 1916 transferred to the Adelaide Police Court . He was the first South Australian Judge of Insolvency from 1918 to 1926 and a Stipendiary Magistrate of the Adelaide Local Court and Taxation Appeal Court . Children and grandchildren with legal careers . His son Harold , born 11 August 1885 , practised law for a short time in Renmark before joining the AIF . Lieutenant Mitchell died on 5 April 1918 and was buried at Millencourt Cemetery in France . Dame Roma Mitchell , his grand daughter , born 2 October 1913 was Australias first female Queens Counsel in 1962 and first female Judge in 1965 . She later became Governor of South Australia in 1990 , and is regarded as a pioneer of womens rights . External links . - Northern Territory Supreme Court profile - History of Dame Roma Mitchell ( his grand daughter ) , with references to him - History of Patron Dame Roma Mitchell ( his grand daughter ) , with references to him