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Electorates
- MLC West Province 22 May 1920 – 13 August 1923 (resigned)
- Contested West Province 13 May 1916, 11 May 1918
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Personal Information |
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18 May 1872 |
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Montajup, Victoria, Australia |
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unknown |
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Arrived in Western Australia 1898 |
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Son of Samuel, farmer and contractor, and Caroline Wright (nee Walters) |
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Married 17 October 1900, Bulong, Western Australia to Jean Scott (born circa 1874), daughter of Peter and Caroline Saunders
Children: one daughter |
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Not stated |
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Educated Victoria (?)
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Union official |
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1900 contractor living at Paddington
Employed by Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) (Goldfields branch)
1910 farmer at Karalee (east of Southern Cross)
1913–14 butcher at Kalgoorlie
1917–23 secretary Fremantle Trades Hall |
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1915 to Fremantle
1923 imprisoned for embezzlement from Fremantle Trades and Labour Council |
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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. 30.
West Australian 10 May 1920, 15 August 1923.
Wise (1910–1914) |
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