Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Labor |
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25 June 1932 |
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Kanowna |
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Electorates
- MLA Kanowna, 25 June 1932 (by election)–25 March 1950 (electorate abolished in redistribution); Eyre 25 March 1950–31 March 1962
Office
- Minister for Justice and Railways, 29 March 1939–3 August 1945; for Justice and Health 3 August 1945–1 April 1947; for Health and Justice 23 February 1953–2 April 1959
- Member, Printing Committee 1950–1953
Committees
- Member, Select Committee on the Investment and Security Co of WA Ltd November–December 1937
- Member, Select Committee on the Perpetual Executors, Trustees and Agency Co. Ltd and on the WA Trustee, Executor and Agency Co Ltd (Private) Bills October–November 1951
Royal Commissions
- Chairman, Hon Royal Commission inquiring into Provisions of the Companies Bill 1940–1941
- Member, Hon Royal Commission inquiring into (Agricultural) Light Lands and Poison Infested Lands September 1937–October 1938
- Member, Hon Royal Commission into the Effect of the Application of Lime with Super upon the Fertility of the Soil 1951–1952
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Personal Information |
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9 June 1885 |
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Worra, Burra district, South Australia, Australia |
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3 August 1965 |
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Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Roman Catholic area, Lawn 4 Section, 0093 grave site |
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Son of Clement August Nielsen, farmer/storekeeper, and Emma Tudor |
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Married 4 October 1909, St Mary’s Church, Kalgoorlie, WA to Constance Mary McComish (1889–29 March 1982), daughter of Edward McComish and Alice Barker
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Catholic |
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Educated private and state schools including Christian Brothers' College, Perth
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Hotelier, storekeeper and farmer |
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Secretary, Goldfields branch Australian Workers' Union at Lawlers by 1909
Grocer’s traveller at Norseman by 1915, had own grocery business by 1921
General storekeeper, Salmon Gums 1928,
Agent, farmer (on 3000 acres), property owner and owner, Salmon Gums Hotel |
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First chairman, Dundas Road Board, when reconstituted, 18 October 1929–6 April 1931 |
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In youth, travelled the Murchison as bicycle rider, horseman and amateur boxer
Champion athlete, Christian Brothers' College Perth, 1902
First secretary and president, Southern Agricultural Society
Member and champion, Norseman fire brigade team, early 1920s |
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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. 195.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 6 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=ab78a754-e91c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c4b9 |
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Who's Who in Australia, 1962 |