Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Labor until 1917
Then National Labour Party (NLP) and National Railways Union delegate Eastern Goldfields
District Council Australian Labor Party
Secretary Kalgoorlie branch NLP 1917 |
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22 June 1922 |
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North-East |
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Electorates
- MLC North-East Province 22 May 1922–21 May 1954
- Contested Kalgoorlie 29 September 1917, North East Province 8 May 1954
Office
- President Legislative Council 26 November 1946–21 May 1954
Committees
- Chairman Main Roads Board Select Committee
Historical Notes
- Father of the House March 1950–May 1954
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1954 |
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Personal Information |
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6 March 1881 |
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Openshaw, Ardwick, Lancaster County, England, United Kingdom |
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25 February 1958 |
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Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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1901 |
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Son of William, railway clerk, and Elizabeth Ann Davy and uncle of Harold Wilson twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
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Married 6 January 1932, Methodist Church, Southern Cross (WA) to Winifred Jean Dunstan (died circa July 1963), daughter of William Perry and Annie Bennett
Children: two sons and two daughters |
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Congregational |
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Varna State School and Secondary School, Deansgate, Manchester
Studied electrical engineering at Manchester Technical Institute
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Engineer |
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Apprentice electric instrument branch, electrical department, Great Central Railway, England
On staff Western Australian Government Railways as electrical engineer
Electrical supervisor, Kalgoorlie |
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Southern Cross Municipal Council; Kalgoorlie Municipal Council 25 November 1920–circa November 1922 |
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Knighted 1951 |
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Arrived in Western Australia 1901, settled in goldfields
Lived at Southern Cross
Member Amalgamated Engineering Union
Director Friendly Societies Dispensary, Kalgoorlie
1937–1946 president Eastern Goldfields section Flying Doctor Service
Secretary Goldfields Committee Scientific Research 1919 |
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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. 178. |
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