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MLC |
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Liberal |
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22 May 1946 |
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North |
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Electorates
- MLC North Province 22 May 1946–21 May 1952
- Contested North Province 1952
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1952 |
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Personal Information |
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28 April 1891 |
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Bunbury, Western Australia |
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22 August 1975 |
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Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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David Forrest, pastoralist and politician, and Mary Parker
Nephew of John Forrest and Alexander Forrest |
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Married 9 January 1918, St Mary’s Church, West Perth to Agnes Courthope, daughter of Edward Kay and Frances Margaret Brown
Children: two sons and two daughters
Widowed 11 July 1963 |
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Church of England |
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Hale School and Guildford Grammar School (boarder at age of nine years)
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Farmer |
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Jackaroo at Cubbine Station for cousin, Kimberley Forrest
Learnt bookkeeping at office of Forrest family company, Perth
Overseer Minderoo, Onslow, 1913
Managing director Minderoo and Wyloo Pastoral Company
Member Roebourne licensing bench for eight years |
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Member Ashburton Road Board 30 January 1915–August 1947
Chairman from 1924 |
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As a child lived at Minderoo
Chairman Ashburton district committee Pastoralists Association for 20 years, member executive Pastoralists and Graziers Association
Justice of the Peace, 1916
Member Weld and Western Australia Club and Carnarvon Club
Stroke Hale School rowing crew and champion athlete Guildford Grammar School
Honorary member of Roebourne Licensing Bench |
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David Black, and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia volume two, 1930-2010, Perth, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, 2011, p. 90. |
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