Members’ biographical register

Charles Layman

House

MLA

Party

Liberal Independent 1904–1905

Date first elected

28 June 1904

Year Retired/Resigned

1914

Electorate(s)

Nelson

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Nelson 28 June 1904–21 October 1914

Office

Opposition Whip 1911–1914

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

23 March 1926

Cause of death

Place of death

Bridgetown, Western Australia

Cemetery

Bridgetown Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

Occupation

Farmer

Employment History

At age 17 years worked for WA Timber Company for two years and then went farming
Had store on Greenbushes tin fields 1888–1900
Then grazier and pastoralist at Wonnerup

Local Government

Greenbushes Road Board 1898–1904, sometime chairman

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Member Nelson, Balingup and Southern Districts Agricultural Society
Keen horseman and judge of stock

References

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, 2001, p. 120. Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia : an historical and commercial review, vol 1, p. 346.
Blackwood Times, 26 March 1926.
R Erickson, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume III
Henn PU. Genealogical Notes, MSS in Battye Library, Perth.
West Australian, 24 March 1926.

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Further Information