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State
Electorates
- MLA North Murchison, 10 December 1901 (by-election)–June 1904
- MLA Murchison, June 1904–March 1921 (lost pre-selection)
- MLA Forrest, 8 December 1923 (by-election)–23 February 1925
- Contested Mt Magnet, 24 April 1901, Swan, 12 March 1921
Office
- Minister for Railways and Labour, 10 August 1904–7 June 1905
- Secretary and Whip for Parliamentary Labor Party
Committees
- Chairman of Committees, 1 November 1911–22 March 1917
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Fremantle (House of Representatives) 16 December 1922
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Personal Information |
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26 February 1872 |
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Clunes, Victoria, Australia |
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23 February 1925 |
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St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia. Roman Catholic area, AA Section. |
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1893 came to WA |
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Son of Edward, miner and Mary Ann Barkell |
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Married 14 February 1893, Cathedral Sacristy, Broken Hill, NSW to Katherine Mary Row (born circa 1877 and died 20 March 1935), daughter of Richard and Catherine Whalan
Children: four sons and six daughters including May Holman and Edward Holman |
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Catholic |
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Educated Bendigo, Victoria
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Journalist and union secretary |
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Worked at Broken Hill mines until 1890
Workers’ advocate before State Arbitration Court for many unions
Journalist and Amalgamated Workers’ Union organiser on Murchison, 1901
Secretary, Federated Timber Workers’ Union, 1908–1925
Launched and business manager for The Labor Vanguard
Chairman of directors, People’s Printing Co |
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Member, Bendigo Miners’ Association, 1886
Active in Broken Hill strike, 1892
Leader, Day Dawn strike, 1896
General president, Australian Workers' Union of WA, 1902
Local secretary, 1907 |
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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, 2001, p. 99.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 5 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=19337e51-fe1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd |
| Bibliography |
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F Bateson, Murchison 1894, JHSWA (December 1946)
Battye I, p. 344–345.
Carter
West Australian, 24 February 1925. |