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Liberal |
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22 August 1903 |
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North Fremantle |
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Electorates
- MLA North Fremantle 22 August 1903 (by-election)–28 June 1904
- Contested North Fremantle 28 June 1904
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1904 |
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Personal Information |
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28 April 1841 |
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Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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2 August 1924 |
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Mt Lawley, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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To Western Australia with family 1842 on Trusty |
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John, Colonial Surgeon, and Isabella Maxwell
Uncle of Percy Douglas Ferguson |
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Married (1) 6 September 1871, St John’s Church, Fremantle, (Church of England) to Susan Margaret Finnerty (born circa 1852), daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Matthews
Children: six sons and four daughters
Widowed 15 February 1889
Married (2) 2 April 1891, Presbyterian Church, Perth to Grace Ogilvie Fergusson (born 1859), daughter of Donald and Catherine Balfour
Children: one son and three daughters
Widowed 20 October 1919 |
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Presbyterian |
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Hale School, Western Australia and Dundee High School
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Seaman, businessperson and consul |
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Joined merchant navy and became captain
1867 returned to Fremantle, took command of China trader
Retired from sea and established firm of Ferguson and Mumme
Leased Swan Brewery, opened ice works
Still part owner of ships
Merchant, 1889 founded business as hardware and timber merchant, interests in mills in Cookernup, Yarloop and Wooroloo, also established large saw mills in Perth
Consul for Sweden and Norway 1894–1899 |
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Ferguson's home subsequently formed nucleus of Scotch College |
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David Black, and Geoffrey Bolton, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia volume one 1870-1930 (rev.ed.). Perth: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, 2001, p. 72-73. |
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