Parliamentary Service |
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Labor
Joined Australian Labor Party
1921
Secretary
East Fremantle branch for many years |
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29 June 1963 |
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West |
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Electorates
- MLC West Province 29 June 1963 (by-election)–21 May 1965
South-East Metropolitan Province 22 May 1965–21 May 1974
Office
- Minister for Police and Transport (until 30 May 1973), Railways (from 12 October 1971), and Education (from 30 May 1973) 3 March 1971–8 April 1974
- Leader of the Government in Legislative Council 7 February 1973–8 April 1974
Committees
- Member Joint House Committee 1964–1971
- Member Standing Orders Committee 1963–1965
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Personal Information |
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25 December 1901 |
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Victoria Park, Western Australia |
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26 December 1986 |
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Bicton Hospital, Western Australia |
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Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Cormac Dolan, cartage contractor, and Ellen McMahon |
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Married 31 December 1932, St Patricks Church, East Fremantle to Eileen Margaret Foley (died 26 September 1995), daughter of John William Foley and Eileen Goodwin
Children: one son and two daughters |
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Catholic |
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Christian Brothers College, Kalgoorlie
Claremont Teachers College, 1922–1923
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Teacher |
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Monitor and teacher on timber line, near Kalgoorlie
North Kalgoorlie September 1920, Lakeside Woodline, 1921
Teacher, Beaconsfield, January 1924, Fremantle Boys School from March 1924, Fremantle Boys High School from 1946, John Curtin High School, 1956–1963 |
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Member, State School Teachers Union
League footballer, for 16 seasons 1923–1938, played in 22 finals, 17 for East Fremantle and five for East Perth—nine grand finals
State coach and coach, East Fremantle and East Perth
Coached undefeated East Fremantle side, 1946, Western Australian National Football League, the only team to achieve this feat during the course of a record 35 straight wins |
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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. 70. |
| Bibliography |
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Harry C. J. Phillips, 'Dolan, John (Jerry) (1901–1986)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dolan-john-jerry-12429/text22347, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 17 December 2015. |