Eilard Jacobus Attema (Sneek, December 23, 1818 - Drachten, February 8, 1886) was a Frisian notary and liberal politician.
After his education as a notary, he worked in some notary offices until he became a lawyer in Drachten in 1848. He was the son of an officer of justice. Until his appointment as a notary at Drachten, he was a short councilor in Smallingerland, the municipality of Drachten, and in 1875 he became a member of the Provincial States of Friesland for the constituency of Heerenveen.
In 1884, Attema fought in a battle for the Chamber seats - not only with candidates from anti-revolutionary homes, but also of other liberal strings. For the two seats available in the constituency of Dokkum, there were four liberal candidates, including the sitting Kamerlid Van Welderen Rengers - who eventually retreated. Attema profiled itself by pleading for the abolition of the census, a tax on capital, for free trade and for cuts. Eventually, he was elected at the first ballot with 1197 votes.
He has been unable to make use of his obtained position. During his parliamentary term, he spoke five times, three times as rapporteur, once in defense of the interests of notary education and once on combating lung diseases in Friesian cattle. He was also chairman of the Petitions Committee. However, from March 13, 1885, he did not attend any more meetings of the Chamber because of illness, and on August 1 he resigned from the Chamber, Provincial States and as chairman of the Great Veenpolder in Opsterland and Smallingerland.
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