Members’ biographical register

Harold Seddon

House

MLC

Party

Labor until 1917 Then National Labour Party (NLP) and National Railways Union delegate Eastern Goldfields District Council Australian Labor Party Secretary Kalgoorlie branch NLP 1917

Date first elected

22 June 1922

Year Retired/Resigned

1954

Electorate(s)

North-East

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLC North-East Province 22 May 1922–21 May 1954
Contested Kalgoorlie 29 September 1917, North East Province 8 May 1954

Office

President Legislative Council 26 November 1946–21 May 1954

Committees

Chairman Main Roads Board Select Committee

Historical Notes

Father of the House March 1950–May 1954

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

25 February 1958

Cause of death

Place of death

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, WA

Arrived in WA

1901

Occupation

Engineer

Employment History

Apprentice electric instrument branch, electrical department, Great Central Railway, England On staff Western Australian Government Railways as electrical engineer
Electrical supervisor, Kalgoorlie

Local Government

Southern Cross Municipal Council; Kalgoorlie Municipal Council 25 November 1920–circa November 1922

Principal Honours

Knighted 1951

Background/Membership

Arrived in Western Australia 1901, settled in goldfields
Lived at Southern Cross
Member Amalgamated Engineering Union
Director Friendly Societies Dispensary, Kalgoorlie
1937–1946 president Eastern Goldfields section Flying Doctor Service
Secretary Goldfields Committee Scientific Research 1919

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. 178.

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