Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Liberal |
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15 March 1947 |
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Mount Hawthorn |
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Electorates
- MLA Mt Hawthorn, 15 March 1947–25 March 1950; Wembley Beaches 25 March 1950–7 April 1956, 21 March 1959–31 March 1962 (electorate abolished in redistribution); Karrinyup 31 March 1962–23 March 1968
- Contested Leederville, 7 April 1956
Committees
- Member, Library Committee, 1947–1956
- Member, Select Committee on the Incidence of TB in Certain Dairy Cattle, 1947
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Personal Information |
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23 February 1897 |
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Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
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6 November 1972 |
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Shenton Park, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Anglican area, ZS section, 0250 grave site |
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Arrived Western Australia 1930 |
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Son of James Nimmo, civil servant and book binder, and Frances Grahame |
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Married (1) 20 March 1923, St George’s Church, Hobart to Vera Lillian Cripps (born August 1898 or 1897 and died 22 March 1963), daughter of Herbert Henry Cripps and Letitia Selina Allwright
Children: one son and one daughter
Widowed 22 March 1963
Married (2) 31 August 1964, Doubleview, Marjorie Frances Rosette Ottey (nee Healey), daughter of Eric Nicholas Healey and Ruby Duflot
divorced
No children |
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Church of England |
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Educated at private Church of England School, Hobart, Tasmania
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Manager |
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Leading Seaman, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 31 July 1917 during World War I, possibly with RAN Brigade
Shop assistant, Hobart by 1923
Merchandise manager, Economic Stores (late Cox Bros), corner Hay and William St, Perth 1930–1947, 1956–1959
Commissioned officer, Volunteer Defence Corps during World War II |
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Navy Diploma of Merit 1949 |
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Trustee and member, Navy Comfort Fund
President and chairman, No 1 committee War Loans Committee
President, ex Navy Association Leederville, Wembley, Scarborough, 1947–1949
Member, Perth sub-branch Return Services League of Australia, president West Leederville, Wembley, Floreat Park, 1947–1949
Foundation member, Hobart Legacy Club for five years
Sergeant of Arms, Perth Legacy Club for five years
Justice of the Peace, 1948
President, Scarborough Autumn Club for two years, also chairman of Promotion Committee
Foundation member, formation committee, Travellers Aid Association
Chairman and president, Wembley Kindergarten for eight years, Mt Hawthorn 1947–1950, trustee North Beach and Floreat Park
President and chairman, Metropolitan Opera Company, 1948–1949
Keen sportsman: played football and cricket
Tasmanian champion sculler for three years—won Yarra Challenge Cup at Henley Victory Sculls, 1921
Hon member and patron, various surf life saving clubs, and Doubleview Bowling Club and Scarborough Hockey Club |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 193.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Accessed online 6 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=030c3d5f-091d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd |
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Ferguson, p. 308.
West Australian, 21 March 1947, 8 November 1972. |