Parliamentary Service |
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Liberal
Joined party
1965
President Albany branch
vice-president and president Forrest Division
Delegate to Forrest Division Executive and Council and State Executive and Council
Chairman party Handicapped Persons Committee
Chairman Liberal Party inquiry into football
1982–1984 |
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22 May 1974 |
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South |
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Electorates
- MLC South Province, 22 May 1974–21 May 1986
- Contested South Province 8 February 1986, Stirling, 4 February 1989 (endorsed for Albany in 1968 but withdrew)
Office
- Parliamentary Secretary to Cabinet, 25 January 1982–February 1983
- Shadow Minister for Youth, Sport and Recreation, Community Services and the Elderly 1983–1984; for Youth, Community Services, Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs, Arts (until 1985); Sport and Recreation (from July 1984), Elderly and Retired, 1984–1986
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees, 1977–1982
- Member, Standing Orders Committee, 1977–1982
- Member, Select Committee inquiring into National Parks, 20 November 1979–1981
- Member, South Coast Fisheries Study Group
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Personal Information |
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28 April 1935 |
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Albany, Western Australia |
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24 October 2022 |
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Albany, Western Australia |
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Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia |
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Son of Frederick Knight, farmer and grazier/business proprietor, and Jean Elizabeth Nesbitt |
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Married (1) 11 May 1958, St Hilda’s Church, North Perth to Valerie Jeanne Richter, daughter of Cyril Lawrence Richter and Eileen Agnes Graham
Children: one son and two daughters
Divorced July 1968
Married (2) 18 October 1968, District Registry Office, Albany, Annette Grace Lindsay, daughter of Donald Rupert Lindsay and Grace Veronica Clements
No children |
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Church of England |
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Educated Albany Infants School, State School and High School
Associate Australian Institute of Building, Associate Fellow Australian Institute of Management
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Builder and farmer |
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Apprentice carpenter, 1950–1955
Six months National Service with Navy, 1954
Builder, 1955–1974
Also farmed at Young’s Siding, 1965–1972, Elleker, 1972–1988 and at Upper Kalgan from 1988
Chairman T Knight & Co, 1966–1968, Knightford Development, 1969–1984
Director Nu-Trend Homes, 1964–1969
Farmer
Justice of the Peace
Prospector, 1986–1987, half owner mine at Parker Range near Marvel Loch
Director, Karlrick Gold 1983–1988 |
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Albany Town Council, 1964–1967
Member, Emu Point Reserve Board, 1964–1974 |
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Member, Master Builders’ Association 1963–1974, Intra State Branches secretary 1966–1974
Member, Albany Chamber of Commerce
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Building 1965–1968 and Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management
Received private pilot licence, 1967
Life member, Apex, South Coast Lions (Monarch 10 years)
Member, Return Services League of Australia and of Australian Naval Association
Chairman, Great Southern Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal 1992–2000
Awarded Australian Defence Medal, National Service Medal and Atomic Test Medal, member Ex-Servicemen Nuclear Survivors Association
Received Queen Elizabeth Silver Anniversary Medal
Inaugural board member, Lions Day Centre for the Elderly, Albany
Chairman, Police and Citizens Youth Club
President, City of Albany Band 1992–2000
Member, Albany Aero Club and several other sporting groups and clubs |
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Albany Cemetery Board, Allambie Park Records, Accessed 18 January 2022. https://albanycemeteryboard.com.au/allambie-park/search-results/?formid=public-view&dbtable=deaths&no=15078
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. 142-143.
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