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Electorates
- MLA South Fremantle 24 April 1901–22 June 1906
- Contested Fremantle 15 June 1894, 18 July 1896 (by-election)
Royal Commissions
- Chairman Royal Commission to enquire into Ocean Freights
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Personal Information |
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Circa 1844-1845 |
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Londonderry, Ireland |
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22 June 1906 |
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Fremantle, Western Australia |
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Fremantle Cemetery, WA |
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Circa 1884–1885 |
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Thomas Spencer, excise officer, and Margaret Elizabeth McWhinney |
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Married 15 February 1868, St Luke’s Chapel, Adelaide, South Australia to Ellen Louisa Goldeney (born circa 1848 and died circa October 1924), daughter of Frederick and Ellen Dinan
Children: three sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Clerk, businessperson and manager |
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Clerk
General merchant
Sharebroker
Commercial pursuits and importing
Founded customs and shipping agency
Manager Dixon and Company
Agent North Deutscher Lloyd Company
Branched into wholesale liquor trade |
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To Victoria 1867
1867 to South Australia
Member Fremantle Chamber of Commerce
1889 first president Fremantle Lumpers’ Association for waterside workers
Helped found Norwood Football Club South Australia
President Young Australian Football League
By 1890 president Fremantle (later South Fremantle) Football Club, influential with Fremantle Cricket Club and Cricket Association of WA (Fremantle), Committee Fremantle Rowing Association
Proficient concertina player |
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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. 64. |
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