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Electorates
- MLA Subiaco 12 March 1921–8 April 1933
- Contested Subiaco 11 September 1908, 8 April 1933, 15 February 1936, 18 March 1939, 7 April 1956 (Independent Liberal)
Committees
- Chairman of Committees 30 July 1930–8 April 1933
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Personal Information |
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4 June 1871 |
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Saddleworth, South Australia, Australia |
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25 February 1959 |
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Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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To Western Australia 1897 |
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Son of Henry, farmer, and Elizabeth Ramsay |
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Married 15 July 1896, Holy Trinity Church, Riverton, SA to Mary Ann Catherine O’Leary, (born circa 1872), daughter of James and Margaret Keily
Children: three sons
Widowed 1 February 1956 |
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Church of England |
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Firefighter and storekeeper |
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Farming in South Australia
In grocery business, storekeeper
1910-1912 employed by Fire Brigades Board at Perth and Kalgoorlie
Storekeeper at Kalgoorlie 1912–1913
Superintendent of volunteer fire brigades in WA 1914-1920
After 1933 part-time clerk (pensioner) |
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Subiaco Municipal Council 1907–1912 and 1928–1936; Mayor of Subiaco 1920–21, 1936–1943 |
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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. 170. |
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