Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLC North-East Metropolitan Province 22 May 1974–21 May 1980
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees 1977–1980
- Member Standing Orders Committee 1977–1980
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Delegate from Western Australian branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to 15th Australasian Regional Conference, Perth, 1979
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Personal Information |
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31 July 1918 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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18 May 2007 |
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Augusta, Western Australia |
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Cremated at Bunbury, 23 May 2007. Ashes to be scattered by family in Augusta |
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Son of Oliver John, foreman glassmaker, and Alfreda Godden |
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Married 18 January 1941, St Paul’s Church, West Perth to Elsie May Hodges, daughter of Ernest Alfred and Florence Ward
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Leederville Primary School and Perth Boys’ School
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Brewery worker and union official |
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Employed by Swan Brewery 1940 and again 1946–1954, then Secretary Breweries and Bottleyards’ Employees’ Union
In militia 3 January 1940–March 1942
Australian Imperial Force from 1942
Private with 3rd Field Regiment and 6th Australian RSD
Served in Aitapa Wewak campaign, New Guinea
Discharged 20 February 1946
Secretary Breweries and Bottleyards Employees Union 1954–1976 |
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Awarded Medal of the Order of Australia 1985 for service to the union movement |
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Trustee Trades Unions Industrial Council (TUIC) and Trades and Labour Council (TLC) (from 1963) 1955–1965
Member Committees TUIC 1956–1961 and Senior Vice President 1962
President TLC 1965-1976
Member ACTU Executive 1971
Delegate to International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conference Geneva 1969 and 1973
Justice of the Peace 1968
Member Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT) Council 1972–1974
Retired to live in Augusta 1980
Published 1985 Leading the Way a History of the Breweries and Bottleyards Employees’ Union 1910–1975 |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 50.
West Australian, 1 April 1974, 8 January 1976.
Who's Who in Australia (1977) |
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