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James Thomas Franklin
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Birth | | Date: 25 October 1854
Place: Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
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Arrival in WA |  | 1894 |
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Parents |  | James, bricklayer, and Catherine Wroot Elston |
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Marriage and Family |  | Married 13 October 1877, St Pauls Church, Sydney, New South Wales to Alice Mabel George (born circa 1858), daughter of William, carrier, and Sarah Ann Anguish
Children: three sons and six daughters
Widowed 13 April 1932 |
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Death |  | Date: 1 September 1940
Place: Perth, Western Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia
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Religion |  | Church of England |
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Occupation |  | Builder |
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Employment History |  | 1870 entered building trade in Sydney
Builder and contractor in partnership with James Finlay
Owned Enterprise Steam Joinery and timber mill at Keysbrook |
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House |  | MLC |
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Local Government Service |  | Perth Municipal Council 1904
Perth City Council 1905–1923
Mayor of Perth 1923–1929
Lord Mayor 1929–1930, 1932–1934 |
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Party |  | Liberal then National from 1917 |
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Date Elected |  | 22 May 1928 |
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Speeches |  | Search for speeches by James Franklin |
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Year Retired/Resigned |  | 1940 |
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Electorate |  | Metropolitan |
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Parliamentary Service |  | Electorates
- MLC Metropolitan Province 22 May 1928–21 May 1940
- Defeated at 1934 election by James George, but latter unseated on petition and on 21 November 1934 Franklin was declared as from May 1934
- Contested North Perth 11 September 1908, 3 October 1911, East Perth 18 November 1922 (by-election), Metropolitan–Suburban Province 10 May 1924, 8 May 1926, Metropolitan Province 11 May 1940
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Background/Membership |  | Arrived New South Wales with parents 1856
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References |  | David Black, and Geoffrey Bolton, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia volume one 1870-1930, Perth, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, 2001, p. 76. |
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