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MLA |
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Labor to 1917 then Nationalist |
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23 July 1906 |
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Pilbara |
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Electorates
- MLA Pilbara 23 July 1906 (by-election)–22 March 1924
- Contested Pilbara 5 April 1924, 9 April 1927
Office
- Minister without portfolio 23 November 1914–27 July 1916; 23 November 1917–25 March 1919
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1929 |
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Personal Information |
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31 December 1863 |
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Gordon, district of Egerton, Victoria, Australia |
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8 October 1945 |
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Sunset Home, Nedlands, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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To WA circa 1895 |
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Son of William, splitter and farmer, and Jane Elizabeth Carter |
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Married 27 September 1886, St Patrick’s Church, Adelaide, South Australia to Bridget Annie Fitzpatrick (born circa 1864 and died circa July 1951), daughter of John and Katherine
Children: two sons |
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Church of England |
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Little education
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Bootmaker |
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Worked in country
1880 apprenticed to bootmaking trade Victoria
By mid 1880s bootmaker in South Australia
Goldmining with share in mine in Nullagine then farming at Tammin
Also secretary Federated Tanners and Leather Dressers’ Union |
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President Bootmakers’ Union, South Australia
Trustee Survey Hands' Union 1913
In later life resided in Perth with small outer suburban farm |
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Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, vol. I, p. 355.
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. 198.
West Australian, 11 October 1945. |
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