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State
Electorates
- MLA East Perth 18 November 1922 (by-election)–26 March 1927
- MLA East Perth 15 February 1936–15 July 1943 (resigned)
- Resigned 8 April 1936, but re-elected at by-election 9 May 1936
- Contested East Perth 26 March 1930 (Independent Labor), West Province 12 May 1934
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Commonwealth seat of Perth (House of Representatives) (Independent) 21 August 1943
- Contested Commonwealth seat of Fremantle (House of Representatives) 18 August 1945 (by-election)
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Personal Information |
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8 September 1892 |
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South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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6 November 1980 |
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Home of Peace, Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Arrived WA goldfields 1896 and settled at Boulder |
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Son of Felix, labourer, and Maria Boudan |
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Married 20 December 1922, Inglewood to Lucy Olive Stone (born circa 1900), daughter of John and Alice Kingham
Children: one son and one daughter
Widowed 8 May 1976 |
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Uniting Church |
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Public servant, accountant and lawyer |
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1906 entered Post Master General service as telegraph boy
In Commonwealth public service until retired as audit inspector in 1922
1927–1936 practised as accountant and secretary of Mental Nurses’ Union
1932 LLB (WA)
1937 WA Bar, subsequently practised in Perth |
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Strong anti-conscriptionist 1916–1917
Rowed for WA in Kings’ Cup in 1914 and 1920 |
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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.103. |
Bibliography |
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G. C. Bolton, 'Hughes, Thomas John (1892–1980)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hughes-thomas-john-10566/text18765, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 22 December 2015.
West Australian, 8 May 1936, 11 May 1936. |