Members’ biographical register

Walter Dwyer

House

MLA

Party

Labor Joined Australian Labor Party 1910

Date first elected

3 October 1911

Year Retired/Resigned

1914

Electorate(s)

Perth

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Perth 3 October 1911–21 October 1914
Contested Perth 21 October 1914

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

22 March 1950

Cause of death

Place of death

St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, WA

Arrived in WA

Occupation

Lawyer

Employment History

Assistant master, Christian Brothers' College Melbourne, 1891–1994
Employee, administration section Western Australian Education Department, 1895–1904 Barrister
Practised law in Kalgoorlie, 1907–1909
Employee, Dwyer, Durack and Dunphy
Defended several Industrial Workers of the World defendants 1916, led prohibited march in the city, St Patrick’s Day, 1919
First President, WA Arbitration Court, 1926–1945

Local Government

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Arrived Melbourne, 1891
Resident, Perth, 1905–1907, 1910–1950
Trustee, Perth Public Library and Art Gallery, 1913–1947, president, 1929–1947

References

D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 69.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 30 June 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=140676c1-9a1d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd

Bibliography

Further Information

E. A. Dunphy, 'Dwyer, Sir Walter (1875–1950)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dwyer-sir-walter-6067/text10383, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 17 December 2015.