Members’ biographical register

Charles Maley

House

MLA

Party

Country Party to 1923, Nationalist until 1929 then Country Party

Date first elected

12 March 1921

Year Retired/Resigned

1929

Electorate(s)

Irwin

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Irwin 12 March 1921–15 October 1929

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

15 October 1929

Cause of death

Place of death

West Perth, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

Occupation

Farmer

Employment History

Farmed on father’s property at Greenough
Spent several years on eastern goldfields as manager of Lawlers Brewery and hotel owner
Took up land (Barakelia Estate) at Three Springs, circa 1896 in partnership with brothers, whom he bought out in 1903
Justice of the Peace 1912
Owner Greenough–Dongara flour mills
Partner Geraldton Brewery
By 1929 had 53,000 acres and up to 10,000 sheep

Local Government

Lawlers Road Board until 1907 Upper Irwin Road Board from 21 March 1907

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Member Victoria District Agricultural Society, Royal Agricultural Society and Farmers' and Settlers' Association

References

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, 2001, p. 133.

Bibliography

Further Information

Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, vol 2, p. 960. Erickson, Rica. The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume III.
West Australian, 28 March 1924, 16 October 1929.