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Liberal |
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11 September 1908 |
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Roebourne |
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Electorates
- MLA Roebourne 11 September 1908–31 October 1911
- Contested Roebourne 31 October 1911
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1911 |
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Personal Information |
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2 June 1859 |
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Victoria Plains, Western Australia |
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22 July 1937 |
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Bruce Rock, Western Australia |
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Bruce Rock Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of William John, blacksmith, and Sarah Newsom |
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Married (1) 23 May 1888, Cossack Church, Roebourne to Ada Cave (born circa 1867), daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Reynolds
No children
Widowed 5 February 1889
Married (2) 19 December 1894, Roebourne to Elizabeth Susanna Thompson (born circa 1877), daughter of Robert and Susannah Bufton
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated locally
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Farmer |
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To north-west of Western Australia circa 1884 as labourer
Blacksmith and wheelwright at Roebourne by 1888
Undertaker at Roebourne
From 1889 carrier of gold between Pilbara goldfields and Roebourne
Then publican at Roebourne, Jubilee Hotel from circa 1893 with sister Rose
To Midland Junction circa 1900 as partner in aerated waters firm
1910 with his brother took up land at Bruce Rock, farmed there for rest of his life |
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Mayor of Roebourne 1895–1897
Member Midland Junction Council 1907–1912 |
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1917–1937 first chairman Bruce Rock Co-operative Society |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 156.
The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888, vol 3.
West Australian, 2 October 1908.
Western Australian Parliamentary Debates, Vol. 38, p. 879 and 985. |
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