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Electorates
- MLC Suburban Province 22 May 1956–21 May 1962
- Contested Suburban Province 31 March 1962
Office
- Secretary State Parliamentary Labor Party 1959–1962
- Labor Whip Legislative Council 1960–1962
Committees
- Member Joint House Committee 1960–1961
- Member Hon Royal Committee inquiring into the War Service Land Settlement Scheme in WA 1956–1957
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Personal Information |
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5 September 1920 |
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Tumby Bay, South Australia, Australia |
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24 July 1989 |
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Kelmscott, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Charles Victor Jeffery, fisherman and storeman, and Mary Dora Fyfe |
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Married (1) 30 May 1942, St Andrews Church, Perth (Presbyterian) to Gladys Grace Telfer, daughter of Bertie David Telfer and Millicent Best
Divorced 7 March 1967
Children: two sons and one daughter
Married (2) 6 April 1967, Methodist Church, Guildford to Roma Florence Bond (nee Sherrard), daughter of Robert William Sherrard and Mildred Florence Boxall |
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Church of England |
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Educated Tumby Bay, South Australia; Mt Hawthorn and Plympton Primary Schools WA, Perth Boys School and Perth Technical School
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Chemical plumber |
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With Police Department 1935–1938
Chemical plumber (leadburner) 1938–1941, 1943–1956
With Citizen Military Forces
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force 21 February 1941, served with 13 Field Company Royal Australian Engineers—Sapper
Discharged 10 April 1943
Member executive Plumbers’ Union 1944–1956
After leaving Parliament with Crown Law Department 1962–1963
Company representative for Burns Philp 1963–1968
Part-time with Local Court, Armadale 1983–1989 |
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To WA August 1927 |
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Director Rochdale Co-operative Bassendean
Secretary Swan Districts National Football Members’ Club 1965–1970, life member Swan Districts National Football Club 1970
Inaugural member and joint founder Bassendean Swimming Club
President Bassendean Youth Centre
Member Pollard Hospital Board, Guildford
President Kelmscott Agricultural Society 1980–1985
President Armadale–Kelmscott Historical Society 1985–1988
Member History House Management Committee, Armadale, and of Armadale District Bicentennial Committee |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 134.
Transcript of interview with AR Tonkin, 1988 (State Library and WA Parliament Library)
West Australian 10 April 1956. |
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