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Electorates
- MLC Swan 8 January 1878 (by-election)–13 February 1880
- Nominated MLC 10 June 1887–7 March 1889, 24 December 1890–9 December 1891 (resigned)
- Contested Swan 13 February 1880
Royal Commissions
- Member Royal Commission on Agriculture 1887–1891
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Personal Information |
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17 September 1908 |
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Guildford, Western Australia |
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Middle Swan Cemetery, WA |
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Arrived in Western Australia on the Minstrel, 20 January 1830 |
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Farmer |
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1847 managing Seabrook, property purchased by father in 1841
1872 after father’s death moved to Herne Hill, purchased adjoining Henley Park, also bred horses at Lyndhurst near Dandaragan
After sale of Henley Park in 1897 farmed Kenwick, a property near Cannington, then retired to Balmain, a smaller property |
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Chairman Swan Road Board January 1875–December 1877, 1879–December 1883 |
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1877–1878, 1880–1882 president Royal Agricultural Society
Prominent in Mechanics Institute and Northam Farmers’ Club |
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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, 2010, p. 37. |
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