Members’ biographical register

George Kempton

House

MLC

Party

Liberal then National Country Party by 1926 Member Council Liberal League

Date first elected

22 May 1926

Year Retired/Resigned

1932

Electorate(s)

Central

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLC Central Province 22 May 1926–21 May 1932
Contested Central Province 7 May 1932

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

7 June 1945

Cause of death

Place of death

Claremont, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

To WA 1892

Occupation

Dentist

Employment History

Prospector at Coolgardie and Lake Carey 1892–1895, then at Boulder
Storekeeper at Boulder 1898
1899–1905 assistant to J Wright, dentist
1905–1908 in practice in North-West, 1908–1940 at Geraldton

Local Government

Geraldton Municipal Council 1913–1915 Mayor Geraldton 1920, 1921, 1923 Founder member Northern District Federation of Local Authorities

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Geraldton Agricultural Society
Freemason

References

Black, David (1936). Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870–1930, p. 111. Battye, JS The Cyclopedia of Western Australia : an historical and commercial review : descriptive and biographical facts, figures and illustrations : an epitome of progress, Vol 2, p. 977–978.
West Australian, 19 May 1926, 9 June 1945.

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