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Electorates
- MLA North Perth 11 September 1908–21 October 1914
- Contested North Perth 21 October 1914, 12 March 1921
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Personal Information |
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23 August 1869 |
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Dapto (Wollongong), New South Wales, Australia |
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14 June 1949 |
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Sunset Home, Nedlands, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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1896 |
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Son of William Henry, farmer, and Elizabeth Graham |
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Married (1) 10 May 1897, St George's Cathedral, Perth to Mary Ann Cowless (born circa 1868), daughter of James and Hannah Bingham
Children: one son and two daughters
Divorced 13 May 1913
Married (2) 18 June 1913, District Registry Office, Narrogin to Minnie Waugh, daughter of John Hastie and Eleanor McTiernan
No children |
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Church of England |
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Railway engineer |
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Apprenticed at 15 years to engineering trade in NSW Railways Department then in mining
From 1896–1908 with Western Australian Government Railways
After leaving Parliament worked as a business manager, also inspector of shops and factories |
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A founder of Amalgamated Railway Employees Association, treasurer 1900–1901, president 1905–1908
After leaving Parliament resided in North Perth |
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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, 2010, p. 191. |
Bibliography |
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J.S. Battye (ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Western Australia, 2 vols, Adelaide: Hussey and Gillingham, 1912–13, Vol I, 353.
West Australian, 13 September 1908.
Wise: Western Australian Directory 1895–1947 (1915–1947) |