Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLA Fremantle, 22 March 1924–21 March 1959
Office
- Speaker, 4 August 1939–31 July 1947
Committees
- Chairman of Committees, 20 July 1933–31 January 1939
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented WA branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at 3rd Area Conference, Melbourne, 1955
Historical Notes
- Father of the House, April 1956–March 1959
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Personal Information |
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6 July 1970 |
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Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia |
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Fremantle Cemetery, WA |
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Western Australia with parents 1895 |
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Blacksmith and union official |
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Worked as cleaner, then storeman, Leonora, until 1913
Blacksmith, metropolitan area, 1914 then storeman and warehouseman at Robert Harpers, Fremantle
Organiser, Shop Assistants Union, 1920–1924 |
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In Albany, 1919
Captain, Leonora Volunteer Fire Brigade
Prominent athlete, volunteer fire brigades, won numerous medals at demonstrations, life member WA Volunteer Fire Brigade, goldfields
Prominent footballer
Fireman, Voluntary Air Raid Precautions
Supporter, Alf Hines Children’s Holiday Homes, Fremantle, and Gustaphson Dental Clinic
Life member, Fremantle Trotting Club
Patron, South Fremantle Football Club |
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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. 181–182.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 14 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=3983b5af-011d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd |
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Dictionary of Western Australians, vol. 5.
West Australian, 7 July 1970.
Who's Who in Australia,1959. |