Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Labor until 1917
National Labour Party (NLP) until 1920
Country Party (CP) until 1923
Ministerial (Majority) Country Party (MCP)
1923–1924 then Nationalist
Secretary
Australian Labour Federation (ALF) (WA Division)
1906–1911 (helped to arrange building of Perth Trades Hall) |
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24 June 1904 |
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Ivanhoe; Brown Hill-Ivanhoe; Albany; Maylands |
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Electorates
- MLA Ivanhoe, 24 June 1904–3 October 1911; Brown Hill-Ivanhoe 3 October 1911–8 August 1916 (resigned), 7 October 1916 (by-election)–21 July 1917 (defeated at ministerial by-election); Albany 31 May 1919 (by-election)–22 March 1924; Maylands 12 April 1930–8 April 1933
- Contested Canning (ministerial by-election), 19 August 1916, Brownhill-Ivanhoe 21 July 1917 (ministerial by-election), Albany 29 September 1917, Leederville 26 March 1927, Maylands 8 April 1933
Office
- Leader of the Opposition, 3 August 1910–7 October 1911
- Leader of the Opposition, 27 July 1916–8 August 1916, 31 October 1916–circa 10 April 1917 (when he left the Labor Party)
- Premier and Colonial Treasurer, 7 October 1911–27 July 1916
- Minister for Mines and Railways, 28 June–27 July 1917
- Colonial Secretary and Minister for Railways, 17 May (not a member of either house until 31 May)–25 June 1919
- Minister for Railways, Mines, Industries, Forests and Police, 25 June 1919–16 April 1924
- Minister for Railways, Mines, Police, Forests and Industry, 24 April 1930–24 April 1933
Historical Notes
- Youngest WA Premier ever
- Only person to hold ministerial posts for Labor, Nationalist (Liberal) and Country Parties at different times
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Personal Information |
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4 August 1876 |
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Moonta, South Australia, Australia |
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21 November 1934 |
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Mt Lawley, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA.
Wesleyan Area, AA section, 0014A gravesite |
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Arrived Western Australia 1896 |
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Son of Richard, miner, and Jennifer Smitheram |
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Married (1) 9 May 1900, at residence of Fanny Fauckner, Boulder to Elizabeth Fawkner, daughter of Henry and Fanny Evans Ragles
No children
Widowed 21 September 1902
Married (2) 1 September 1904, at residence of Richard Henderson, Boulder to Henrietta Edwards (died 29 November 1964), daughter of Thomas and Catherine James
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Methodist |
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Woodside Primary School, SA and Eaglehawk Primary School, Victoria
Bendigo School of Mines (part-time): gained an engine-driver’s certificate
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Mine engine driver |
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Miner, Eaglehawk from age 13 years
Operated stationary engine at Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie goldfields
Manager, Westralian Motors, Perth, 1924–1927
Became stock, farm and estate agent, 1927 |
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Perth Road Board chairman 1931–1934, member from 1926 |
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), 1923 |
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Superintendent, Methodist Sunday School
Member, Goldfields Amalgamated Certificated Engine-Drivers’ Union
Keen footballer when young
President, Million Club of WA
Freemason
Known as ‘Happy Jack’ |
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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. 176–177.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 23 August 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=907dae8a-001d-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbaf |
Bibliography |
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J. R. Robertson, 'Scaddan, John (1876–1934)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/scaddan-john-8348/text14651, published first in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 11 January 2016. |