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Country Party and Country Party Nationalist until 1923, Ministerial (Majority) Country Party 1923–1924 |
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21 October 1914 |
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Avon |
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Electorates
- MLA Avon 21 October 1914–22 March 1924
- Contested Avon 22 March 1924
Office
- Leader of the Country Party July 1919–August 1922
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Personal Information |
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2 April 1864 |
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Brailesford, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom |
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20 June 1944 |
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Kellerberrin, Western Australia |
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Kellerberrin Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Came to WA in 1890s |
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Son of William, farmer, and Sarah Armstrong |
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Married 28 March 1900, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria to Annie Leonie Fisher (born circa March 1867 and died circa July 1959), daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Crisdee (nee Elliott)
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated Hitchin High School
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Farmer |
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Farming in England
At Coolgardie, took up land at Doodlakine
During recession years traveller for machinery firm, small property at Narrogin
Farmer in York 1901
Machinery commission agent in York by 1902
From 1908 wheat farming again in Doodlakine |
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Kellerberrin Road Board 1911–1915, chairman for a time |
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Went to Queensland in 1884–1885
In Victoria for five years and came to WA from Queensland 1890s
Justice of the Peace |
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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, 2010, p. 92.
Eastern Record, 23 June 1944.
Erickson, Rica. Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1914, Vol 5, The Golden Years 1889-1914.
West Australian, 24 October 1914, 22 June 1944. |
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