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Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia

Julian Alexander Salmon Stuart

Parliamentary Service

House

MLA

Party

Labor

Date Elected

13 November 1906

Electorate

Mount Leonora

Service

Electorates

Mount Leonora 13 November 1906 (by-election)–11 September 1908

Private Member's Bills

Inaugural Speech

Year Retired/Resigned

1908

Personal Information

Birth date

2 April 1866

Place of birth

Eagleton, Williams River, New South Wales, Australia

Death date

3 July 1929

Cause of death

Place of death

Claremont, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, WA

Arrived in WA

Parents

Son of Donald, miner and farmer, and Amelia McPherson

Marriage and Family

Married 4 September 1895, General Registry Office, Brisbane, Queensland to Rhoda Florence Collings (born circa 1872, England), daughter of Joseph Silver, grocer and Mary Ann Dyke, sister of Joseph Silver, Senator for Queensland 1932–1950 and Commonwealth Minister of the Crown 1941–1946
Children: six sons

Religion

Not stated

Education

Occupation

Journalist

Employment History

Timber feller and shearer
Gold mining by 1895
Editor of Westralian Worker 1903–1906, manager 1907–1908 but sacked for mishandling funds
After leaving Parliament resumed journalism in Kalgoorlie and Perth

Local Government

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

"Christened John, he was to change his name to Julian, thinking it more fitting for a poet" Member of Queensland Amalgamated Workers' Association
Took active part in shearers’ strike and imprisoned in Queensland for participation 1891–1893
A founder of Australian Worker's Association and member of executive
To Western Australia circa 1899
Father of Donald Stuart (1913–1983) author

References

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. 189.

Bibliography

Further Information

Donald Grant, 'Stuart, John Alexander Salmon (1866–1929)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stuart-john-alexander-salmon-8706/text15237, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 12 January 2016.
West Australian, 5 July 1929.
Western Mail, 17 November 1906.
Wise: Western Australian Directory, 1895–1947.