Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Independent 1903–1905 then Liberal |
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24 April 1901 |
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Gascoyne |
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State
Electorates
- MLA Gascoyne 24 April 1901–3 October 1911
- MLA Roebourne 12 November 1915 (by-election)–18 October 1917
- Contested Gascoyne 3 October 1911
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Senate 31 May 1913, and 15 September 1914
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Butcher, William James (Burchell) Inaugural Speech.pdf |
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Personal Information |
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24 July 1858 |
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Richmond, Tasmania, Australia |
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24 May 1944 |
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Nedlands, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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1877 to WA |
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Son of Edward William Burchell, squatter and landowner, and Marcia Susan Schaw |
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Married 5 November 1892 St Mary’s Church, Guildford to Margaret Harriet Brockman (born 1 May 1873 and died circa June 1968), daughter of Robert Thomas and Susan Hines Ridley
Children: three sons and five daughters |
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Catholic |
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Educated at a private school, Melbourne, Victoria
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Farmer |
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Assisted father in establishing Barrington station
1878 took part in exploration for shorter route to port from Lower Gascoyne
Purchased land in region; in partnership with John Brockman purchased Boolathana Station near Carnarvon
1890 became part of Butcher estate
1913 purchased Meeberrie Station
Also owner Nangetty Station, Mingenew |
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1910–1911 President WA Pastoralists Association
Farmer Beverley area
Justice of the Peace, 1898 |
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JS Battye, ed, The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, Hussey and Gillingham, Adelaide, 1912-1913, p. 356.
D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, 2010, p. 43.
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume I. A-C, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
Twentieth Century Impressions of Western Australia, PWH Thiel, Perth, 1901, p. 29.
West Australian, 25 May 1944. |
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