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| | x x Starting as a telegram boy for the old Post Master General, Peter worked his way up through the ranks of the PMG and then Australia Post to become a Post Office manager. After running his own newsagency business in Denmark, Peter returned to Australia Post a few years before his election to Parliament. A keen middle distance runner and sub four minute miler, Peter represented Australia at the 1968 Olympics and 1974 Commonwealth games. Peter Bruce Watson was elected to Parliament on 10th February 2001 and was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on 11 May 2017 Contact details and Speeches Biography Facebook, Twitter, Website | | x x  (Click map for larger image) | | |
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| | About the Albany Electorate | | |
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| Area (sq km) 10,820; Number of Electors: 25,011 (9 March 2015) (Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission. State Electorate Information. ) Nomenclature: The city of Albany, located on the south coast of Western Australia, was officially named by Governor Stirling at the beginning of 1832. It is named after Frederick, the Duke of Albany and York, and the favourite son of King George III. The city is located on King George Sound which was discovered and named "King George the Third's Sound" on 28 September 1791, by Captain Vancouver. Albany was the site of the first settlement in WA when Major Edmund Lockyer of the 57th Regiment, under instructions from the NSW Government hoisted the British Flag on 21 January 1827 on the site of "The Residency". The city was more often referred to as King George Sound or King George's Sound for about the first 40 years of settlement. Portion of it was originally named "Fredrickstown" by Major Lockyer in 1827 in honour of the Duke of York and Albany, Commander in Chief of the British Army. This name disappeared about 1831 and the name Albany was retained for the whole town. (Source: Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places. ) Suburbs/Towns: Albany, Bayonet Head, Big Grove, Bornholm, Centennial Park, Cheynes, Collingwood Heights, Collingwood Park, Cuthbert, Drome, Elleker, Emu Point, Frenchman Bay, Gledhow, Gnowellen, Goode Beach, Green Range, Green Valley, Jerramungup, Kalgan, King River, Kojaneerup South, Kronkup, Lange, Little Grove, Lockyer, Lower King, Lowlands, Manypeaks, Marbelup, McKail, Mettler, Middleton Beach, Millbrook, Milpara, Mira Mar, Mt Clarence, Mt Elphinstone, Mt Melville, Nanarup, Napier, Nullaki, Orana, Palmdale, Port Albany, Redmond, Redmond West, Robinson, Seppings, South Stirling, Spencer Park, Torbay, Torndirrup, Vancouver Peninsula, Walmsley, Warrenup, Wellstead, Willyung, Yakamia and Youngs Siding. (Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission) Schools: Government: Albany Primary School ; Albany Secondary Ed Sup Ctre ; Albany Senior High School ; Bremer Bay Primary School ; Flinders Park Primary School ; Gairdner Primary School ; Jerramungup District High School ; Little Grove Primary school ; Mount Lockyer Primary School ; Mount Manypeaks Primary School ; North Albany Senior High School ; South Stirling Primary School ; Spencer Park Ed Sup Ctre ; Spencer Park Primary School ; Wellstead Primary School ; Yakamia Primary School. Other: Australian Christian College - Southlands ; Bethel Christian School ; Great Southern Grammar ; John Calvin School ; OneSchool Global; Parklands School ; St Joseph's College ; Woodbury Boston Primary School ; | | Local Newspapers: Albany Advertiser Albany Extra Denmark Bulletin Great Southern Herald Great Southern Weekender Narrogin Observer Books about Albany: Les Johnson: Albany - who & what. (68p. Western Australian Museum, 2001) Les Johnson: The Albany Chamber (166p. Albany Chamber of Commerce, 2004) Les Johnson: Love thy land - a study of the Shire of Albany (229p. Sire of Albany, 1982) Les Johnson: Major Edmund Lockyer - forgotten Australian pioneer (108p. Western Australian Museum, 2002) Stan Austin: Lighthouses of Albany (83p. Western Australian Museum, 2004) Alan Carter: Albany and the Great Southern - a region of diversity (90p. Green Skills Inc, 2006) Gordon Marshall: Maritime Albany remembered (336p. Tangee, 2001) Helen Wilson: Albany sketchbook (62p. Rigby, 1975) Douglas Sellick: First impressions - Albany 1791-1901, travellers' tales (234p. Western Australian Museum, 1997) Local Governments within District | |
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| | 2017 Election Result | | |
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| | Successive Members for the Albany District | | |
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