Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLC Central Province 22 May 1958–1 May 1965
- MLC West Province 22 May 1965–21 May 1977
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Personal Information |
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24 November 1913 |
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Fremantle, Western Australia |
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2 September 1982 |
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Mandurah, Western Australia |
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Beverley Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Moved in 1916 with parents to Beverley, Western Australia |
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Son of Charles Thomas Abbey, farmer, mail contractor and hotel licensee, and Clara Gertrude Berry |
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Married 19 February 1941, Dale Church, via Beverley, Winifred Doreen Strange, daughter of Richard James and Dora Lillian Manuel
Children: one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Beverley State School
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Farmer |
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Shop assistant 1928–1937
Then farmer in Dale district, Beverley, leased farm for five years before purchase
Later also at Brookton—stud cattle, Jelcobini stud |
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Beverley Road Board April 1953–May 1962
Vice-chairman 1956–1958 |
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Vice-president, Beverley branch of the Farmers’ Union
Member, Meat Board
President, Poll Shorthorn Society of Western Australia
Vice-president, Federal Poll Shorthorn Society
Retired to Halls Head, Mandurah
Active as chairman, private hospital and with nursing homes, 1979–1982
Member, Beverley Hospital Board
President, Beverley Trotting Club 1954–1958 |
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D Black and G Bolton, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 1. |
Bibliography |
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R Erickson, ed, Dictionary of Western Australians, 1829-1914. Volume 5. The golden years, 1889-1914, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, 1986.
Who's Who in Australia(1977) |