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Country Party
Joined Yorkrakine branch 1932
Chairman 1933–1948
Delegate Avon District Council 1940–1948 |
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3 May 1952 |
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Central |
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Electorates
- MLC Central Province 3 May 1952 (by-election)–21 May 1974
- Contested Central Province 6 May 1950
Office
- President of Legislative Council 28 July 1960–21 May 1974
Committees
- Member Standing Orders Committee 1958–1974
- Member Joint House Committee 1959–1974
- Prior to becoming President, Parliamentary representative on Town Planning Advisory Committee 1960–1974
Royal Commissions
- Chairman Honorary Royal Commission on retailing of motor spirits and accessories 1956-1956
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Joint president branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 1960–1974, chairman 6th Australian Area Conference, Perth, 1961
- Represented WA branch at 11th Australasian Area Conference, New Zealand, 1971
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Personal Information |
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4 November 1899 |
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North Perth, Western Australia |
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4 August 1995 |
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Kellerberrin, Western Australia |
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Kellerberrin Cemetery (Brethren funeral service) |
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Joseph William Diver, carpenter and union secretary and Charlotte Ella Pearce |
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Married 29 August 1922, Tammin Agricultural Hall to Emma Jane Blakiston, daughter of Frederick William and Jane Waldock
Children: one son and two daughters
Widowed 20 October 1970
Married 24 April 1971, St George’s Cathedral, Perth to Thelma May Evans (nee Kirkman), widow, daughter of James Ernest and Mathilda May Martin
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Church of England |
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North Perth Primary School and Carrabin Springs School (Yorkrakine) from 1910 until age 14 years
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Farmer |
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Worked on farm 1914–1918 then undertook odd contracting jobs, leased properties 1921–1924
Bought farm at Yorkrakine 1924, developed own wheat and grazing property, became stud merino sheep breeder Lemdale 1939 |
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Member Kellerberrin Hospital Board
Warden State Memorial 1967–1968
Justice of the Peace, 1987
Patron Perth Football Club 1961–1969
Wrote From Plough to Politics, an interview with Sir Leslie Diver (published privately, Perth, 1988)
Kellerberrin Road Board April 1933–April 1946
Chairman 1940 and 1942–1946 |
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David Black, and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia volume two, 1930-2010, Perth, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, 2011, p. 69. |
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