Members’ biographical register

George Taylor

House

MLA

Party

Labor Australian Labor Party until 1917 then Nationalist Drifted to Queensland where became involved with Labor movement

Date first elected

24 April 1901

Year Retired/Resigned

1930

Electorate(s)

Mount Margaret

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Mount Margaret, 24 April 1901–12 April 1930
Contested Leederville, 26 March 1930

Office

Colonial Secretary, 10 August 1904–7 June 1905
Speaker, 19 July 1917–23 July 1924

Committees

Chairman of Committees, 13 October 1910–1 November 1911

Historical Note

Father of the House, October 1911–April 1930

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

24 September 1935

Cause of death

Place of death

Oxford Street, Leederville, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia. Anglican area, BA section, gravesite 0607A

Arrived in WA

1894

Occupation

Shearer and prospector

Employment History

Joined a shearing team at 12 years old Had various occupations
Took active part in formation and subsequent activities of Queensland Shearers’ Union
Became Central and Western Districts Organiser for Australian Labor Federation

Local Government

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Convicted in Rockhampton, Queensland of conspiracy during 1891 shearers’ strike, imprisoned for three years on St Helena but was released early
To Western Australia, 1894
Worked at Mulga Queen Mine, near Erliston and then Mount Sir Samuel Mine
Helped form North Coolgardie branch of Australian Workers' Association
Vice president and life member, Australian Workers' Union
Member, Perth Hospital Board, 1908–1913, chairman, 1913–1923
Member, Licensing Bench, 1930–1933 (5)

References

Black, David, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume One. 1890 -1930 revised edition, p. 192.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 15 September 2022.https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=7151671e-f11c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c2d3

Bibliography

Further Information

J.S. Battye (ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Western Australia, 2 vols, Adelaide: Hussey and Gillingham, 1912–1913, vol I, p. 353–54.
Wendy Birman, 'Taylor, George (1861–1935)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/taylor-george-8755/text15341, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 12 January 2016.
Dictionary of Western Australians 1829–1914, Vol. 5, The Golden Years 1889–1914, Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1986.
Kookynie Press 7, 10, 17 June 1905.
Twentieth Century Impressions of Western Australia,Anon., p. 36.
West Australian, 25 September 1935.
Who's Who in Australia, (1922)