# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-carroll
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:25:32.828Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-carroll"
name: "James Carroll"
slug: "james-carroll"
description: "Sir James Carroll, was a New Zealand politician. Beginning his career as an interpreter and land agent, Carroll was elected to the Eastern Maori seat in 1887. He was acting colonial secretary from 1897 to 1899. He was the first Māori to hold the cabinet position of Minister of Native Affairs, which he held between 1899 and 1912. He was held in high regard within the Liberal Party and was acting prime minister in 1909 and 1911."
tagline: "New Zealand politician (1857-1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesCarroll1914.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1857-08-20"
deathDate: "1926-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.32
  momentum:             0.08791208791208792
  historical:           5.683190666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Carroll_(New_Zealand_politician)"
    title: "James Carroll (New Zealand politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timi_Kara"
    title: "Timi Kara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Carroll_(homme_politique)"
    title: "James Carroll (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Кэрролл, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيمس كارول (سياسي نيوزيلندي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Carroll_(Politiker%2C_1857)"
    title: "James Carroll (Politiker, 1857)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4251161"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump