Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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24 December 1890 |
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Nominated |
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Electorates
- MLC North district 12 March 1880–29 April 1887 (resigned)
- Geraldton 30 January 1889–21 October 1890
- Nominated MLC 24 December 1890–17 July 1893 (resigned)
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1893 |
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Personal Information |
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Circa 1834 |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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15 September 1897 |
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Bulwer Street, Perth, Western Australia |
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Burial |
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1865 on Maria Ross |
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George, engineer, and Margaret McKenzie |
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Married 17 June 1875, Kooloomoort, Victoria to Jane Hunter Eagar (born circa 1849 and died circa October 1933), daughter of Walter Williamson
Children: six sons and one daughter |
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Presbyterian |
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Farmer and businessperson |
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From 1865 in partnership with Richardson Brothers and John Edgar in Portland Squatting Company, sheep and cattle stations in North West |
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Arrived in Victoria circa 1852, and settled in Portland district
Bought town lots in Roebourne 1866–1867
1882 endeavoured with Harry Whittall Venn to promote land grant railway from Perth to Kimberley
To Geraldton 1883, purchased Glengarry and Newmarracarra properties |
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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. 83. |
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