Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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National Party |
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22 May 1928 |
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South-East |
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Electorates
- MLC South-East Province, 22 May 1928–21 May 1940
- Contested South East Province, 11 May 1940
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1940 |
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Personal Information |
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6 December 1879 |
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Geraldton, Western Australia |
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18 September 1969 |
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Claremont, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Anglican area, section EA, gravesite 0009H |
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Son of Sir Edward Horne Wittenoom, squatter and stock and station agent, and Laura Habgood |
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Married (1) 9 June 1909, St George's Cathedral, Perth to Bessie Sholl (born circa July 1879 and died 17 October 1919), daughter of Robert Frederick and Elizabeth Cosgrove
Children: one son and two daughters
Widowed 17 October 1919
Married (2) 17 September 1923, St Patrick's Church, West Perth (Catholic) to Constance Patricia Hanrahan (born circa 1898 and died 16 June 1980), daughter of Edward and Mary Anne Crock
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated High School Perth, Malvern College, England, Royal School of Mines, London
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Manager, farmer and businessperson |
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Manager, Central and West Boulder Mines, Kalgoorlie
Owner, Muralgarra station, Yalgoo by 1909
Substantial investor in property including several hotels in Albany
Director, WA Woollen Mills |
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Mayor, Albany Municipal Council, 1923–1926, 1926–1931, 1940–1952 |
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Lived in Albany from early 1920s
Retired to Claremont |
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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. 209.
Garden, DS. Albany: A Panorama of the Sound from 1827, p. 313.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 28 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=8a197873-dd1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd
Who's Who Australia, (1933/4–1959) |
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