Members’ biographical register

Thomas Draper

House

MLA

Party

Liberal to 1917 then Nationalist

Date first elected

2 September 1907

Year Retired/Resigned

1921

Electorate(s)

West Perth

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA West Perth September 1907 (by-election)–3 October 1911; 29 September 1917–12 March 1921
Contested West Perth 12 May 1921

Office

Attorney General 17 May 1919–12 March 1921

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

11 July 1946

Cause of death

Place of death

West Perth, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

1892

Occupation

Lawyer

Employment History

January 1891, Bar, Inner Temple
Western Australian Bar 1892
Master at Perth High School
Associate to Mr Justice Hensman, then secretary of Crown Law Department
Private practice 1894–96, in Coolgardie, 1896–1897
1901–1921 with Parker and Parker
King's Counsel 1915 1914–1920 Senate, University of Western Australia
1921–1939 Judge of Western Australian Supreme Court

Local Government

Perth City Council 1898–1901

Principal Honours

Awarded Chairman of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1918 for war work

Background/Membership

Keen cricketer
Many years president Western Australian Cricket Association
Chairman Red Cross during World War I

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, 2010, p. 67.

Bibliography

Further Information

G. C. Bolton and Pat Simpson, 'Draper, Thomas Percy (1864–1946)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/draper-thomas-percy-6017/text10243, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 17 December 2015.
BDWA II.
West Australian, 1 October 1917, 22 December 1939.