Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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National
Then Liberal |
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6 February 1932 |
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Metropolitan |
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Electorates
- MLC Metropolitan Province from 6 February 1932 (by-election) to 23 March 1948
- Contested West Province, 10 May 1924 and 8 May 1926
Committees
- Member Joint Select Committee on Bulk Handling Bill 1932
- Member Select Committee on the Financial Emergency Bill 1934
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Bolton, Leonard Burlington, Inaugural Speech.pdf |
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Personal Information |
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1 August 1879 |
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East Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
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23 March 1948 |
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Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Son of Isaac Bolton, wheelwright and coachbuilder, and Isabella Ann Burlington
Brother of Harry Edward Bolton, engine driver and politician |
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Married 7 December 1904, St Mary’s Church, West Perth to Florence Gertrude Henderson (born circa 1882), daughter of Frederick George and Margaret Cardwell
Children: three sons
Widowed 25 December 1947 |
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Church of England |
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Briggs School, Fremantle
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Motor body builder and farmer |
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Apprenticed to father’s coachbuilding business in 1898
Assisted in converting factory to construction of motor bodies
Became managing director Boltons Ltd
Also developed property at Namban in Moora district and a tuart mill in the South West |
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Councillor, East Fremantle Council, from November 1909 to 25 November 1914
Mayor, East Fremantle Council, from 25 November 1914 to November 1919
Council member, East Fremantle, from 26 November 1919 to November 1925
Member, Murray Road Board, from 12 April 1924 to April 1931 |
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President for five years, Boltons Ltd
President, Chamber of Manufacturers 1926–1931, vice-president for six years
Member executive, Employers’ Federation
Justice of the Peace
Chairman, Fremantle Hospital Board for eight years during and after World War I
Member, Fremantle Hospital Board for 11 years
Represented the state at cycling, 1902
Represented the state at lacrosse, 1904
Represented the state at bowls, 1912
Rotarian
Freemason (one–time Deputy Grand Master) |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds. Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Vol. 2, 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2010, p. 21.
Fremantle News, 9 September 1970.
Historic Press, p. 212.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 22 June 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=f11bd809-081d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c4b9
West Australian, 24 March 1948. |
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