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Electorates
- MLC East Province 22 May 1908–21 May 1914
- Contested East Province 12 August 1907 (by-election)
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Personal Information |
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16 March 1867 |
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Northam, Western Australia |
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18 July 1954 |
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Northam, Western Australia |
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Northam Cemetery, WA |
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Son of Thomas, publican, farmer and grazier, and Rose Ann Gaffney |
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Married 16 March 1918, St Andrew’s Church, Perth (Presbyterian) to Elizabeth Elena Christie (born circa 1891 and died circa September 1974), daughter of Henry Duncan and Jane Hewit Lawson
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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President Royal Agricultural Society 1909–1928
Director Avon Butter and Bacon Co-operative 1918
Secretary Northam Race Club
Wife was first president Northam Country Womens' Association
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Farmer |
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Inherited father’s property at Mokine
Stockbreeder, bred fat lambs and champion Clydesdales draught horses, Jersey cows and Berkshire pigs |
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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, 2001, p. 204. |
| Bibliography |
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Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, vol 1, p. 334.
Henn, PU. Genealogical notes on the main Western Australian pioneer families.
West Australian, 14 May 1908. |