# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-menzies
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:08:42.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-menzies"
name: "James Menzies"
slug: "james-menzies"
description: "James Menzies was an Australian businessman and politician who served in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1911 to 1920, representing the district of Lowan. Before entering politics, he ran the general store in Jeparit, Victoria. He was the father of Robert Menzies, the longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia."
tagline: "Australian politician (1862-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Menzies.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1862-08-09"
deathDate: "1945-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.95
  momentum:             15
  historical:           1.537329333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  54
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Menzies_(Australian_politician)"
    title: "James Menzies (Australian politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23022993"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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