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Electorates
- MLC South-West Province 22 May 1916–21 May 1934
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Personal Information |
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12 December 1863 |
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Parkfield, Harvey, Western Australia |
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11 January 1948 |
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Bunbury, Western Australia |
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Bunbury Cemetery, WA |
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Son of Robert Harvey, farmer, and Annie Bishop Allnutt |
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Married 14 October 1902, St Paul’s Church, Bunbury to Janet Louise Clarke (born circa July 1878), daughter of Ephraim Mayo Clarke and Louisa Frances Teede
Children: two daughters
Widowed 13 October 1926 |
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Church of England |
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State School, Parkfield. On father’s farm
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Farmer |
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1887–1903 manager and part-owner with brother of Quanbun sheep station, Kimberley
1894–1908 Cherrabun cattle station
By 1898 purchased and was farming at Wedderburn Park, Brunswick
From 1905 dairy farmer in Wellington
Sold Kimberley properties 1908 |
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Brunswick Road Board 1910 |
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For 10 years chairman South West Dairy Co-operative and direct for 30 years
1917–1920 president and vice-president Royal Agricultural Society
Justice of the Peace
Member first Veterinary Board |
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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, 2001, p. 173. |
Bibliography |
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A. C. Staples, 'Rose, Edwin (1863–1948)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rose-edwin-8520/text14477, published first in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 11 January 2016. |