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Electorates
- MLC Central Province 30 January 1901 (by-election)–30 May 1904; 13 May 1908 (elected on casting vote of returning officer)–21 May 1914
- Contested Central Province 30 May 1904
Regarded as possibly first Labor MLC (see also JM Speed)
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Personal Information |
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20 April 1866 |
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Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia |
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11 December 1938 |
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Court Hotel, Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Bartholemew, storeman, and Mary McCarthy |
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Married 9 December 1894, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Ballarat, Victoria to Eliza Blanche Dawson (born circa 1870), daughter of John Carr and Eliza Dinsdell
Children: three sons and one daughter
Widowed 4 October 1938 |
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Catholic |
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Educated Christian Brothers' College, Ballarat
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Publican |
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Drover until arrived WA 1893
With Forrest, Emanuel and Company, Derby, 1893–1894
Prospector at Cue 1894–1895
Proprietor Great Britain Hotel, Cue, February 1895–1903
1906–38, licensee Court Hotel, Perth
Member and later president Licensed Victuallers’ Association
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, Private in 11th Battalion 15 November 1916
Served in France
Discharged 27 July 1918 |
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Cue Municipal Council 1896–1897
Mayor of Cue 1897–1900 |
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*Cornelius on birth certificate
Member committee Cue Racing Club, steward for proprietary racing clubs
Member Football Appeals Board
Chief ranger Irish National Foresters
Member Hibernian Society |
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Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, vol 1, p. 331–32.
Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 154.
Erickson, Rica. Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1914, Vol 5, The Golden Years 1889-1914.
Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia, p. 26.
West Australian, 20 May 1908, 13 December 1938. |
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