Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLA Warren 25 January 1958 (by-election)–23 March 1968
Committees
- Member Printing Committee 1961–1965
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Personal Information |
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13 November 1972 |
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St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia |
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(Congregational funeral) Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Arrived Australia circa 1925–1926 |
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Miner, timber worker and traffic inspector |
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Coal miner in Scotland, studied at night school
Served in World War I in France with 8th Royal Highland Scots, 51 Highland Division—Lance/Corporal Signals
Coal miner living at Prestonpans in 1922–1923
Arrived Australia circa 1925–1926
Worked on farm at Gnowangerup
Road worker in Northcliffe area and Yanmah
From late 1920s timber worker in Pemberton
While unemployed studied to be health inspector
From 1933 worked regularly for State Sawmills as guard on the rake
Moved to Manjimup as traffic inspector 1955 |
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General vice-president Timber Workers’ Union 1945–1955, honorary life member
President and founder of Timber Workers’ Mutual Aid Fund
Member Pemberton Country Club
Member Pemberton Parents & Citizens
Freemason from 1922 |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 228. |
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