Members’ biographical register

Mr Ebenezer (Eben) Allen

House

MLA

Party

Liberal until 1917 National Member State Council National Federation Campaign Committee

Date first elected

3 October 1911

Year Retired/Resigned

1921

Electorate(s)

West Perth

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

Contested Metropolitan Province 13 May 1908, West Perth 29 September 1917, 12 March 1921
MLA West Perth 3 October 1911–29 September 1917

Committees

Chairman Finance Committee for several years

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

20 May 1931

Cause of death

Place of death

Perth, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

1899 to Western Australia

Occupation

Auctioneer

Employment History

1884–1889 employed warehouse McLean Bros & Rigg
1889–1899 with William Gilbert & Company
Joined JF Conigrave (father-in-law)
1901 entered partnership as auctioneer, estate and shipping agent, then on own account (Eben Allen & Co.)
1919, 1920–1921 Director Perth Building Society

Local Government

Perth City Council 1904–1912, 1915–1918

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Secretary Perth Chamber of Commerce
1897 foundation member Kings Park Bowling Club
Member Fire Brigade Board
Member Church of England Synod
Freemason (past master)
Justice of the Peace

References

D Black and G Bolton, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1890-1930 , Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 26.

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