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Electorates
- MLA North Fremantle, 4 May 1897–August 1903 (resigned)
- Contested North Fremantle 22 May 1895 (by-election)
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Personal Information |
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1861 |
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Newry, Ireland |
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23 October 1935 |
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Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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1885 |
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Robert H, civil servant and merchant |
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Married 21 July 1888, Court House, Wyndham to Georgina Cable of Victoria (born circa 1869), daughter of James and Margaret McLeod
Children: two sons and four daughters |
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Catholic |
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St Columban’s College, Ireland
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Farmer |
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1881 worked in linen spinning factory
Joined Francis Connor in firm of Connor & Doherty, storekeepers and packers, Wyndham
1894 firm took up Auvergne and Newry cattle stations, Northern Territory, moved to Perth 1894, and 1898 amalgamated with Durack Brothers |
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Emigrated to Sydney, New South Wales
To Western Australia 1885 on Afghan
1886 to Kimberley goldfields
1903–1930 resided in England, then returned to Western Australia
Champion oarsman, many rowing trophies |
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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. 65. |
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