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Electorates
- MLA Williams–Narrogin 7 November 1928 (by-election)–3 March 1950
Narrogin 3 March 1950–7 April 1956
Office
- Minister for Works and Water Supply 1 April 1947–6 April 1950
- Chief Secretary Minister for Local Government and Native Affairs 6 April 1950–23 February 1953
Committees
- Member Standing Orders Committee 1935–1947
- Member Select Committee inquiring into Liability of Government to pay Superannuation to Railway Employees 1937, into the Educational System of the State 1938, and into the Operations of the Australian Wheat Board at Fremantle 1943
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Personal Information |
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25 December 1881 |
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Lerryn, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
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12 October 1961 |
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Deva Hospital, Mt Lawley, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Circa 1912 |
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Frank, relieving officer Local Government Board, timber miller and merchant, and Rebecca Yeo |
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Married 15 May 1920, St George’s Cathedral, Perth to Dorothy Mary Beech (born circa 1894), daughter of Robert and Beatrice Burgess
Children: one son and two daughters
Widowed 22 June 1958 |
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Methodist |
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Lerryn School and Kings College, privately
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Banker |
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Served in Boer War and native wars in South Africa
Held positions with South African, Rhodesian and Mozambique Governments 1902–1910
Farming at Mullewa 1912–1920
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force 23 August 1915, 28th Battalion
Served in France, severely wounded France 29 July 1916
Acting Sergeant 28 April 1917
Discharged 22 June 1919
Rural inspector with Agricultural Bank at Mullewa and Narrogin 1920–1928 |
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Mullewa Road Board 1914–circa 1916
Chairman until 1916 |
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Elder Methodist Church |
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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. 66. |
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