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Electorates
- MLA South Fremantle 29 September 1917–12 March 1921
- Contested South Fremantle 12 March 1921
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Personal Information |
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7 September 1874 |
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Tifabb, Shire of Mornington, Victoria, Australia |
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3 June 1964 |
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Kurri Kurri Hospital, NSW, Australia |
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Cooranbong Cemetery, NSW |
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Arrived in Western Australia 1895 |
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Son of Andrew, fisherman and seaman, and Sarah Jennings |
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Married (1) 14 July 1898, Burdrop House, Cantonment Street, Fremantle (Presbyterian) to Anne Eliza Hewton (born circa 1865), daughter of John and Ann Jane Ross
Children one daughter
Widowed
Married (2) 6 December 1916, Wesley Church, South Fremantle to Lilian Azubah Jackson, (born circa 1889), daughter of John and Esther Chamberlain
Children: one son |
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Seventh Day Adventist |
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Educated as a civil engineer
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Public servant |
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Working as a caretaker 1898
Produce merchant 1899; entered public service
1910–1917 assistant storekeeper Fremantle Gaol
Described as engineer 1921
Process worker with Sanitarium Health Company, NSW |
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Strong advocate of liquor reform
Later moved to New South Wales
Living at Cooranbong, NSW at time of death |
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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. 172. |
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