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Labor
Member of the Australian Labor Party |
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26 March 1927 |
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North-East Fremantle |
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Electorates
- MLA North-East Fremantle, 26 March 1927–12 April 1930
- Contested North-East Fremantle, 26 March 1930
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Personal Information |
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22 September 1860 |
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Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
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23 October 1939 |
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Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia |
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Fremantle Cemetery, WA.
Anglican area, MON A3 section, 0318 grave site |
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Arrived in Western Australia 1900 |
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Son of Francis, mason, and Susan Ann Stephens |
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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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Union secretary |
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Mason, 1887
Wharf labourer, Fremantle
Secretary, Wharf Labourers’ Union, Fremantle, 1902–1927
Secretary and founder of Fremantle Citizens’ Ambulance, 1912; treasurer, 1929
Official, Fremantle Labour Bureau, after 1930 |
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Resident, Richmond, Victoria
Trustee, Fremantle Trades Hall, 1920
Member, Fremantle Hospital Board for 16 years |
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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. 173.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 12 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=7c3144c8-ed1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbaf |
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