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- MLA Kalgoorlie 7 April 1956–23 February 1980
Office
- Treasurer, Minister for Forests and Tourism 3 March 1971–12 October 1971
- Attorney General, Assistant to the Treasurer, Minister for Education (until 6 July 1972), and for Recreation (from 6 July 1972) 12 October 1971–8 April 1974
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Personal Information |
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18 April 1929 |
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Denmark, Western Australia |
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27 February 1995 |
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St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Western Australia |
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Daniel Thomas Evans, butcher, and Kathleen Veronica Hayden |
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Married 14 December 1957, St Paul’s Church, Mt Lawley to Eileen Julia O’Donnell
Children: two sons and one daughter
Married 10 December 1979, Perth to Karen Marguerite Camilleri (nee Broxton) (died 10 August 2009), daughter of Thomas Arthur and Margaret Mary Waddingham
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Catholic |
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Educated at Leonora Convent School, Christian Brothers College Leederville (1943–1944) and St Ildephonsus College, New Norcia (Leaving Certificate 1945)
Claremont Teachers College 1950–1951
Admitted as barrister and solicitor to WA Bar 1965
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Teacher and lawyer |
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Teacher/monitor Leonora 1945–1948, Westonia, Gwalia, Roelands 1948, Esperance, Boyup Brook, Kalgoorlie 1949
Student Claremont Teachers College 1950–1951
Teacher South Kalgoorlie 1952–1955 (short period relieving Norseman Junior High School 1955)
Articled with TA Hartrey from 1960
Notary Public 1968
Formed partnership Evans and Grill from 1969
After leaving Parliament barrister, solicitor and notary—partner in Evans and Bennett 1981–1987
Employed by Perth based firm 9 June–26 October 1987, practised law again in Kalgoorlie 1987–June 1994 |
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To Leonora 1935
Retired to Perth
One time member Kalgoorlie Lions Club |
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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. 85. |
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