Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Australian Labor Party until 1917 then Nationalist
President North Goldfields Council Australian Labor Federation |
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3 October 1911 |
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Mount Leonora |
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State
Electorates
- MLA Mt Leonora 3 October 1911–18 November 1920 (resigned)
- Contested Kimberley 23 April 1924
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Kalgoorlie (House of Representatives) 18 December 1920 (by-election) – November 1922
- Contested Kalgoorlie (House of Representatives) 16 December 1922
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1920 |
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Personal Information |
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28 November 1872 |
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Walhalla, Victoria, Australia |
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27 October 1945 |
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Mt Hawthorn, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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1895 |
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Thomas, miner and railway employee, and Elizabeth Rebecca Stant (Stamp) |
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Married 27 January 1902, Wesley Church, Kalgoorlie to Fannie Edith Beresford Meyers (nee Gill) (born circa 1871), widow, daughter of Edward and Martha Robins
No children |
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Congregational |
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State Training School, Melbourne
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Miner |
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Employed on Richmond Newspaper
To Western Australia 1895 as gold miner
Became part-owner of Grace Darling mine, Broad Arrow
Auctioneer in Perth |
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Perth City Council 1918–1919 |
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President Gwalia branch of Federated Miners' Union
After 1911 resided in Perth |
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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. 73. |
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