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MLA |
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Country Party |
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21 October 1914 |
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York |
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Electorates
- MLA York, 21 October 1914–12 March 1921; Avon 22 March 1924–23 March 1935
- Nomination in 1921 misaddressed
- Contested East Province, 13 May 1922 (Independent Country Party)
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Personal Information |
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30 September 1866 |
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Deansgate, Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
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23 March 1935 |
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West Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Arrived WA 1897 |
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Son of Henry Craven Griffiths, (sometimes Craven-Griffiths), professor of music, and Eleanor Alice Cooke |
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Married (1) 21 June 1893, Parish Church, Muchwenlock, Shropshire, England to Anne Hester Bodenham (born c. 1872) daughter of James and Emma
Children: four sons
Widowed 15 July 1911
Married (2) 3 September 1918, Ross Memorial Church, West Perth to Mabel White (nee Sawkins) (born c. 1883 – died 24 May 1966), widow of William Edwin White, daughter of Frederick George and Ada Marigold
No children |
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Church of England |
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Educated private school in Shropshire, UK
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Farmer |
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Grocer, Muchwenlock, 1893
Caretaker, Kalgoorlie, 1903
Agency business on Kalgoorlie goldfields
Farming, Kellerberrin, 1907 |
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Played leading part in foundation of Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association
President, men’s executive, WA State Symphony Orchestra
Recorded as Craven-Griffiths on Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2010, p. 85.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 22 June 2022.https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=afe5a9b1-f41c-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbf0
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 22 June 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=2be13cd4-1a1d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd
West Australian, 25 March 1935. |
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