Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Country Party then Liberal
Joined Liberal party circa 1972 |
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19 February 1977 |
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Darling Range |
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Electorates
- MLA Darling Range 19 February 1977–3 September 1987 (resigned)
- Contested Darling Range 23 March 1968, West Province 20 February 1971 (both for Country Party)
Office
- Secretary Parliamentary Liberal Party 1985–1987
Committees
- Member Joint House Committee 1986–1987
- Member Select Committee on Adoption of Children Act Amendment Bill 7 December 1983–11 October 1984
- Member Select Committee on Bush Fires in Western Australia 7 December 1983–8 November 1984
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented WA branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at General Conference, The Bahamas, 1982
Miscellaneous
- Vice-president Parliamentary Sports Club
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Personal Information |
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28 January 1926 |
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Kalamunda, Western Australia |
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18 July 2015 |
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Valencia Nursing Home, Carmel, Western Australia |
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Taken by funeral director at Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Son of Charles William Spriggs, railway worker, transport carrier and orchardist, and Lyle Elizabeth Bunstan |
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Married 21 June 1947, Mt Hawthorn to Daphne Collings, shop assistant, daughter of Kevin William Collings and Thelma Alviy Inall
Children: two sons and two daughters |
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Church of England |
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Carmel Primary Schools and Kalamunda High School
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Orchardist and businessperson |
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Orchardist for 30 years
1961–1970 cold store and fruit export agent, Hills Cold Stores Pty Ltd
Postmaster, storekeeper, fuel agent, garage and hardware in Pickering Brook from 1970, still living there in 2010
Flower grower from late 1980s |
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Kalamunda Shire Council May 1971–September 1977
President for three years |
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Secretary Vegetable Growers’ Association 1948–1953
Member Kalamunda Hospital Board for four years
President Pickering Brook Sports Club for 29 years, life member
President Outer Suburban Golf Association |
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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. 241.
Kalamunda News, 2 March 1974.
West Australian, 21 February 1977. |
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