Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLA Beverley 12 April 1930–25 March 1950 (electorate abolished in redistribution); Avon Valley 25 March 1950–31 March 1962
- Contested Beverley 22 March 1924, 26 March 1927
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees 1943–1947
- Member Select Committee on the Farmers’ Debts Adjustment Bill 1930
- Member Select Committee on the Bulk Handling Bill 1932
- Member Select Committee on War Service Land Settlement 1952
Royal Commissions
- Member Hon Royal Commission inquiring into the Vermin Act 1945
- Member Hon Royal Commission into Effect of Application of Lime with Super Upon the Fertility of the Soil 1951–1952
- Member Royal Commission inquiring into Workers’ Compensation 1947–1948
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented WA branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 3rd Australia Area Conference, Melbourne, 1955
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Personal Information |
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22 June 1892 |
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Toodyay, Western Australia |
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20 June 1965 |
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The Barracks, Beverley, Western Australia |
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Beverley Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of John Gibson Mann, flour mill manager and first Mayor of Beverley, and Caroline Jane Edwards |
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Married 30 April 1919, Methodist Church, Beverley to Clara Constance Smith (born circa 1888), daughter of Edmund Horace Smith and Julia Edwards
Children: two sons and two daughters |
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Church of England |
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Educated Beverley State School
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Farmer |
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Worked for stock firm of Elder Smith (Shenton) Company 1906–1914 and after war until 1920
Enlisted Australian Imperial Forces 9 December 1914
Served with 10th Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli and Egypt
Promoted Sergeant 22 January 1916
Returned to Australia 25 December 1916
Discharged 13 March 1917
Returned to Western Australia 1919
Commenced farming on soldier settlement, Avondale estate 1920, then at The Barracks, Beverley |
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President Beverley sub-branch Return Services League of Australia
Member Commercial Travellers’ Club, Perth |
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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. 169-170.
West Australian 14 April 1930, 27 and 28 June 1950.
Who's Who in Australia (1950) |
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