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Francis James Rowe
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Birth | | Date: 22 September 1860
Place: Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
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Arrival in WA | | Arrived in Western Australia 1900 |
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Parents | | Son of Francis, mason, and Susan Ann Stephens |
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Marriage and Family | | Married 24 May 1887, Hiawatha, East Melbourne, Victoria (Presbyterian) to Rose Kaveney (born circa 1864 and died 29 May 1934), daughter of Lawrence and Bridget Flin
No children
Widowed 29 May 1934 |
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Death | | Date: 23 October 1939
Place: Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia
Cemetery: Fremantle Cemetery, WA
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Religion | | Church of England |
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Occupation | | Union secretary |
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Employment History | | Working as a mason in 1887 and living in Richmond, Victoria
Arrived in Western Australia 1900
Worked as wharf labourer, Fremantle
1902–1927 secretary Wharf Labourers’ Union, Fremantle
1912 secretary and founder of Fremantle Citizens’ Ambulance, treasurer 1929
Trustee Fremantle Trades Hall 1920
After 1930 official of Fremantle Labour Bureau |
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House | | MLA |
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Local Government Service | | |
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Party | | Labor
Member of the Australian Labor Party |
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Date Elected | | 26 March 1927 |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by Francis Rowe |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1930 |
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Electorate | | North-East Fremantle |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- MLA North-East Fremantle 26 March 1927–12 April 1930
- Contested North-East Fremantle 26 March 1930
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Background/Membership | | Member Fremantle Hospital Board for 16 years |
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References | | 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. 173.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 1 April 2015. http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=FB00011628 |
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