Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Liberal |
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22 May 1958 |
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Central |
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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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Abbey, Charles Roy, Inaugural Speech 1958.pdf |
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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 of the Federal Poll Shorthorn Society
Retired to Halls Head, Mandurah
Active as chairman of private hospital and with nursing homes 1979–1982
Member Beverley Hospital Board
President of 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) |