Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLC South* Province 22 May 1960–21 May 1965; Lower Central Province 22 May 1965 (appointed to new province) –21 May 1974
Committees
- Member Library Committee 1968–1974
- Member Standing Orders Committee 1962–1963
- Member Joint House Committee 1963–1974
Royal Commissions
- Member Honorary Royal Commission inquiring into the Fisheries Act with Application to Crayfishing in Particular 1963–1964
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Personal Information |
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21 February 1906 |
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Wagin, Western Australia |
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1 August 1994 |
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Narrogin Nursing Home, Narrogin, Western Australia |
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Wagin Cemetery, WA |
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Son of James William Thompson, farmer, and Annie Agnes Carpenter |
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Married 25 February 1931, Methodist Church, Wagin to Violet Mary Gell, daughter of Alfred Ernest Gell and Emily Poole Keen
Children: one son and two daughters
Widowed 15 September 1981 |
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Uniting Church |
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Wagin. Left school 1921
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Farmer |
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Worked on parents’ farm at Wagin until 1928
Farmed in own right 1928–1961 when farm handed over to son |
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Wagin Road Board 21 April 1951–April 1961 |
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President Farmers’ Union
Long term member and president Wagin Agricultural Society
Life member, president and captain Wagin Bowling Club, one time singles bowling champion of Great Southern Bowling Association
Member Wagin Club
Member Masonic Lodge |
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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. 254. |
Bibliography |
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