Members’ biographical register

Reginald Tubby

House

MLA

Party

Liberal Joined Liberal Party from 1949 Member Morawa branch Conference delegate

Date first elected

1 November 1975

Year Retired/Resigned

1989

Electorate(s)

Greenough

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Greenough, 1 November 1975 (by-election)–4 February 1989

Committees

Deputy Chairman of Committees 1980–1983
Member, Library Committee 1980–1989

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

14 October 2015

Cause of death

Place of death

Joondalup, Western Australia

Cemetery

Taken by administrator at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

Occupation

Farmer

Employment History

Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 16 January 1943—Leading Aircraftman
Served in Northern Territory, May 1944–July 1944
Discharged 8 April 1946
Took over abandoned farm (wheat, sheep, cattle and pigs) at Gutha, Shire of Morawa, until 1976

Local Government

Member, Morawa Road Board and Shire Council April, 1953–May 1976 Shire president for nine years and deputy president for four years

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Member, Farmers’ Union (president of branch), Primary Industry Association, WA Farmers’ Federation and various agricultural societies
Justice of the Peace
Member, Return Services League of Australia and Airforce Association
President, Morawa Boy Scouts Association for 15 years
Member, Advisory Committee Morawa High School Agricultural Centre
Patron of St John Ambulance Association and Historical Society, Geraldton
President, Gutha Tennis Club
Member, management committee and patron Morawa Golf and Bowling Clubs, also Kalbarri clubs
Member and president, Geraldton Probus Club
Member, National Seniors Association and management committee Geraldton Queen Elizabeth Seniors Centre
Member, committee Justices Association, Geraldton
Member, MidWest Woodworkers Club
Member, Bushfires Board
Member, Chapman Valley Football Club
Lived in Geraldton after entering Parliament
Retired to Perth, 2000
Wife, Marjorie was narrowly defeated for Geraldton in Legislative Assembly election, 1986

References

D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 264. Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 20 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=964ce522-8c1d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd

Bibliography

Further Information