Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLA Swan, 12 March 1921–16 February 1944
Office
- Colonial Secretary and Minister for Public Health, 1922–1924
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Personal Information |
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16 November 1877 |
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Hurtle Vale, South Australia, Australia |
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16 February 1944 |
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Westminster Hospital, Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA.
Congregational area, AA Section, 0383 grave site |
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Arrived in Western Australia, 1894 |
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Son of Richard, farmer and wood merchant, and Mary Ann Trengove |
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Married 30 April 1900, Saint George’s Cathedral, Perth to Ethel Esther Woodcock (born circa 1881 and died 26 February 1953), daughter of George and Ethel Esther Shortnell
No children |
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Congregational |
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Reynella and Unley, South Australia
Apprenticed as printer
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Printer |
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Printer, Inquirer and Morning Herald
Founded RS Sampson and Company, 1896, later Service Printing Company 1928–1929 |
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Member, Leederville Municipal Council, 1900–1902
Member, North Perth Municipal Council, 1909–1913
Member, Darling Range Road Board from 1907, chairman, 1909–1928
Chairman, Road Board Association, 1931–1937 |
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Member, council WA Historical Society
Life member, WA Poultry Organisation
Chairman, Beekeepers’ Section of Primary Producers’ Association
Racing cyclist, chairman for 21 years and life member, Western Australian League of Wheelmen |
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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, 2010, p. 174.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 13 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=816c3fdf-8c1d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd |
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