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Electorates
- MLA Maylands 7 April 1956–1 March 1962; Bayswater 1 March 1962–23 March 1968 (electorate abolished in redistribution); Ascot 23 March 1968–8 October 1971
Office
- Speaker of the Legislative Association 15 July 1971–8 October 1971
Committees
- Member Joint Select Committee on the Licensing Act 1957–1958
- Deputy Chairman of Committees 1968–1971
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Personal Information |
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8 October 1971 |
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Collapsed at Parliament House on sitting day |
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Shenton Park , Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Carpenter |
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Unemployed for two to three years during Depression
Worked on railway line building homes near Cook Station April 1933
Carpenter then foreman joiner at State Sawmills 1934–1956 |
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Bayswater Road Board 15 April 1944–May 1971, Chairman 1951–1965 |
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Member Buildings Workers’ Industrial Union
Freeman of City of Bayswater circa 1970–1971
Justice of the Peace
Senior trustee and grand president of Druids
Patron of several sporting clubs and Parents & Citizens |
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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. 257.
Daily News, 8 October 1971
Geraldton Guardian, 21 October 1971
West Australian, 9 October 1971 |
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