Members’ biographical register

John Smith

House

MLA

Party

Labor Labor until 1917 (president local branch) then Independent (Ind) and Independent Labor (Ind Lab) 1922, Country Party 1922–23, Ministerial (Majority) Country Party (MCP) 1923–24, Nationalist from 1923/1924

Date first elected

12 March 1921

Year Retired/Resigned

1943

Electorate(s)

Nelson

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Nelson 12 March 1921–15 February 1936, 18 March 1939–20 November 1943
Contested Nelson 29 September 1917 (Ind Lab), South West Province 8 May 1920, Nelson 15 February 1936, 20 November 1943, Blackwood 25 March 1950 (Ind)

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

18 January 1953

Cause of death

Place of death

Pinjarra, Western Australia

Cemetery

Bridgetown Cemetery, WA

Arrived in WA

Occupation

Publican

Employment History

Tin miner at Greenbushes for eight years after leaving school
Rural employment until 1906
Became licensee Terminus Hotel, Bridgetown

Local Government

Bridgetown Road Board July 1917–April 1921

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Member Bridgetown Health Board
Pensioner in Greenbushes at time of death
Former captain district football and cricket teams

References

J.S. Battye (ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Western Australia, 2 vols, Adelaide: Hussey and Gillingham, 1912–13, p. 465. 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. 183–184.
Wise: Western Australian Directory, 1895–1947 (1914–1947)
West Australian, 20 January 1953.

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