Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Country Party |
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22 March 1924 |
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Toodyay |
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Electorates
- MLA Toodyay, 22 March 1924–12 April 1930
- MLA Mt Marshall 12 April 1930–8 April 1933
- Contested Mt Marshall, 8 April 1933, 20 November 1943, East Province 9 May 1936
Office
- Minister for Public Works and Labour, 24 April 1930–24 April 1933
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1933 |
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Personal Information |
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6 January 1876 |
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Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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12 December 1957 |
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Bethesda Hospital, Claremont, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Presbyterian Area, JA Section, 0832 grave site |
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Came to WA 1901 |
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Son of William, carpenter and cabinet maker, and Sarah Gillies |
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Married 18 September 1911, District Registry Office, Perth to Annie Sherwood (died 2 June 1973), daughter of George and Annie Moore
Children: two sons and two daughters |
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Presbyterian |
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Farmer |
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Member, Dowerin Road Board, 1912–1920
Member, Wyalkatchem Road Board, 1920–1922 |
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Spent two years in Queensland
Went to Boer War, remained in South Africa until 1905
Pioneer settler in Wyalkatchem district, 1905. Retained property until 1936
President, Toodyay District Council of Primary Producers Association, 1913–1914
Retired and living in Cottesloe at time of death |
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Black, David. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 122.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 5 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=373256d7-ff1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbaf |
Bibliography |
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‘John Lindsay’s Reminiscences’ (Battye Library)
Wheat Belt Tribune,19 December 1957. |