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Electorates
- MLC North Province 22 May 1952–18 July 1956
Committees
- Member Select Committee on the Firearms and Guns Act Amendment Bill 1953
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Personal Information |
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18 July 1956 |
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Port Hedland Road, Broome, south of La Grange, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Said to have arrived in WA 1921 |
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Stock inspector |
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Spent most of his life in North West as station hand, protector of Aborigines
Claimed to have commanded Salamoa (North American company) then stationed in Canada during war before serving in Landing Ships Tank in the Royal Australian Navy
When married in 1944 listed as working as foreman at an aircraft factory and living in York, England in the same street that he was born in
Cafe proprietor of Sunshine Cafe in Broome 1947–1949
From 1950 working for stock agents as stock inspector in Derby |
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While in Parliament resided in Como
Barker's wife, Ellen Barker apparently returned to England after his death |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds. Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Vol. 2, 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth 2010 , p. 9.
West Australian, 20 July 1956.
Western Australian Parliamentary Debates Vol 136, p. 2771, Vol 143, p. 15–16. |
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