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MLA |
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Independent |
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18 March 1939 |
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Irwin-Moore |
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State
Electorates
MLA Irwin–Moore 18 March 1939–2 August 1939 (resigned—did not take seat)
Commonwealth
Electorates
Contested Swan (House of Representatives) 21 September 1940, 21 December 1940 (by-election)
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Personal Information |
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12 February 1896 |
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Wyndham, Otago, New Zealand |
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31 July 1961 |
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Montmorency, Victoria, Australia |
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Fawkner Crematorium, Victoria, Australia |
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Said to have arrived in Western Australia 1925 but possibly not until circa 1928 |
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Son of Benjamin Barker, music teacher and musician, and Mary Ellen Josephine Sharcoe |
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Married (1) 5 or 6 February 1926 or 1927, Albury, New South Wales to Ruby Ethel McLachlan (born circa 1900–1901)
Children: two sons and two daughters
Married (2) 23 October 1940, District Registry Office, Perth to Lilah Agnes Keast, daughter of John and Agnes Beaton
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Not stated |
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Educated by grandfather John Jameson of Lowburn and at Lawrence High School
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Businessperson and stockbroker |
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In business by August 1928
Sales manager living in Hollywood, Perth, WA in 1929 and 1931
Principal CO Barker Investments
Managing Director Litchfields (Australasia) Limited, investment brokers and advisers
Opened branch in Adelaide, South Australia and incorporated July 1936. Subject of Parliamentary inquiry, company wound up on petition April 1940
After 1940 resided in Melbourne, Victoria
Living at Surrey Hills, 1944–54, listed as technician
Again working as sales manager October 1940
Stockbroker living in Montmorency at time of his death |
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Said to have resigned from Parliament due to impending legal proceedings
Stockbroker living in Montmorency at time of his death
Gave talks on radio 1936
Member of the International Racing Drivers' Association |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds. Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Vol. 2, 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth 2010 , p. 9.
Colless, p. 190.
Western Sun, March 1967, p. 1. |
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