Members’ biographical register

Edgar Rushton

House

MLA

Party

Liberal Joined party 1947 Held official positions in Katanning and Kelmscott branches Secretary Parliamentary Liberal Party 1971–1974

Date first elected

8 May 1965

Year Retired/Resigned

1988

Electorate(s)

Dale

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Dale, 8 May 1965 (by-election)–25 February 1988 (resigned)

Office

Minister for Local Government and Urban Development and Town Planning, 8 April 1974–25 August 1978
Minister for Transport, 25 August 1978–25 January 1982
Deputy Premier, Minister for Transport and Emergency Services, 25 January 1982–15 February 1983
Shadow Minister for Local Government, Chief Secretary and Minister for Women’s Interests, March–April 1983
Minister for Works, Water Resources, Environment and the Arts, September 1985–March 1986

Parliamentary Appointments

Trustee, Parliamentary Superannuation Board

Committees

Deputy Chairman of Committees, 1973–1974
Chairman, Printing Committee, 1986–1988

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

23 August 1992

Cause of death

Place of death

Nedlands Golf Club, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, WA

Arrived in WA

Occupation

Bank manager

Employment History

Bank of NSW from 1939, in branches at Northam, Geraldton and Perth Served in Citizens’ Military Forces 24 September 1941–22 July 1942 (in Signals 4th Division)
Enlisted 2nd Australian Imperial Force, 23 July 1942
Signalman with unit attached to 3rd Field Artillery in 13th brigade, then with Australian Armoured Division, 1940–1943
Discharged 5 August 1944
Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 10 August 1944, navigator and wireless operator trainee — Leading Aircraftman
Discharged 29 August 1945
Returned to Bank of New South Wales, at Katanning, 1946–1950
From 1950 Inspector’s Department — Perth, overseas and security departments, also at Trayning and Miling
Accountant at Armadale, 1960–1963 and manager at Canning Bridge, 1963–1965

Local Government

Armadale-Kelmscott Shire Council, November 1958–May 1966 President, 1964–1965 Council delegate to Local Government Association of WA

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Member, Banking Association
Member, Kelmscott Agricultural Society
President, 13 years of Kelmscott Parents & Citizens Association
Member, Armadale Bowls Club, Roleystone-Karragullen Cricket Club and Kelmscott/Armadale Football Club and patron of numerous sporting clubs
Member, Byford, Boddington and Roleystone Clubs

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. 229.

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Further Information