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Liberal
Joined party 1950 |
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23 March 1968 |
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Merredin-Yilgarn |
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Electorates
- MLA Merredin-Yilgarn 23 March 1968–20 February 1971
- Contested Merredin–Yilgarn 20 February 1971
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1971 |
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Personal Information |
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15 April 1912 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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5 November 1998 |
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Myaree, Western Australia |
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Fremantle Cemetery, WA |
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Son of Alexander Stewart, carpenter, and Isabella Carmichael |
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Married 15 February 1944, St Andrew’s Church, Subiaco to Isobel Lillian Haldane, daughter of Andrew Haldane and Rose Elizabeth Dick
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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State schools and Scotch College until early 1928
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Farmer |
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Worked on mother’s farm near Bruce Rock, wheat and sheep, 1928–1939, owned farm of 8943 acres May 1939–15 February 1977
Retired to South Perth |
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Bruce Rock Road Board and Shire Council April 1946–April 1963
Vice-chairman Road Board 1950–1952, chairman 1952–1961
President Shire Council 1961–1963
Vice-chairman Road Board Association of Western Australia 1951–1959, chairman 1959–1961
Chairman Great Eastern Ward Road Board Association 1955–1967
President Australian Council of Local Government Association 1960–1961, member from 1957 |
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Member Bush Fires Board 1955–1963
Member Agricultural Protection Board 1961–1964
Justice of the Peace, 29 November 1952–20 May 1988
Councillor National Heart Foundation of Australia (WA Division)
Councillor Commonwealth Youth Sunday (WA Division)
Member Western Australian Cricket Association, Royal Perth Golf Club
At time of death lived at Myaree Gardens |
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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. 242.
West Australian, 17 September 1964, 7 November 1998.
Western Australian Parliamentary Debates, 10 November 1998.
Who's Who in Australia, 1968. |
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