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State
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- MLA North Fremantle from 28 June 1904 to 3 October 1911; South Fremantle from 3 October 1911 to 29 September 1917
- Contested South Fremantle 29 September 1917, West Province (Independent), 5 July 1919
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Perth (House of Representatives) 16 December 1922
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Personal Information |
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24 December 1870 |
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Peckham, London, England, United Kingdom |
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18 August 1956 |
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Shenton Park, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Arrived in Western Australia 21 June 1887 on Yeoman |
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Son of Isaac Bolton, coachbuilder, and Isabelle May Burlington
Brother of Leonard Burlington Bolton, motor body builder and politician |
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Married 1 December 1892, Johnston Memorial Congregation Church, Fremantle to Alice Matthews (born circa May 1868 and died circa August 1936), daughter of James and Maria Dennis
Children: five daughters |
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Congregational |
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Maidstone, Kent, England
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Engine driver |
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Engine driver Western Australia Grand Railway, 1890
Locomotive inspector, by 1916
Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force, 23 February 1916
Served with 59th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, 3rd Railway Corps in France
Lieutenant
Discharged 28 February 1919
Salaried official later in life, Returned Services League of Australia |
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Councillor, North Fremantle Municipal Council
Councillor, Fremantle Municipal Council, 1912–1914, Mayor 1915–1919 |
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Vice-president, Trades Hall Association of Fremantle
Delegate, Australian Labour Federation
Foundation member and twice president, Engine Drivers’, Firemen and Cleaners’ Union
President, Western Australian branch Returned Services League of Australia, 1921 |
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Battye I, p. 340.
D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, 2010, p. 34.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website: https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=eb7e14bb-f41c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd Accessed 22 June 2022.
Morning Herald, 29 June 1904.
West Australian, 29 June 1904.
West Australian, 20 August 1956. |
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