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Electorates
- MLC South West Province 21 August 1901 (by-election)–15 April 1921
Office
- Minister without portfolio 23 December 1901–1 July 1902
Historical Notes
- Father of the House 22 May 1916–15 April 1921
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Personal Information |
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15 April 1921 |
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Wellington district, Western Australia |
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Bunbury Cemetery, WA |
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Storekeeper |
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At age 12 years worked with father on road construction, worked on farm owned by MacAndrew
Until 1874 farmed father’s property and his own holding in the Harvey district
Then storekeeper at Bunbury, erected two shops, warehouses and residences in Stirling Street
Also cultivated vineyard and orchard as Punchbowl brand sold in goldfields |
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27 years on Bunbury Municipal Council, Mayor 1888, 1894–97, 1899–1900, 1908 |
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Original member Mounted Rifle Corps of Bunbury
Valuer for land resumption for Perth–Bunbury railway
Foundation member of Bunbury Building Society
Foundation member Bunbury Church of Christ
1894 Justice of the Peace |
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Battye, J.S. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia: an historical and commercial review.
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, 2001, p. 47.
Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages website. Accessed 2 December 2014 http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx
West Australian, 14 May 1908, 16 April 1921. |
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