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Nationalist then Liberal from 1945 |
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8 April 1933 |
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North |
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Electorates
- MLA Pilbara 8 April 1933–18 March 1939
- Contested Pilbara 18 March 1939
- MLC North Province 22 May 1940–21 May 1954
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1954 |
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Personal Information |
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12 April 1871 |
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Loganholme, Queensland, Australia |
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28 December 1959 |
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Kalamunda, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Arrived WA circa 1891 |
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Son of William Charles Welsh, sugar manufacturer and auctioneer, and Jane Porter |
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Married 4 November 1903, Warralong Station, Marble Bar, Pilbara to Amy Gertrude Hancock, daughter of John Frederick Hancock and Mary Strange
Children: two sons and one daughter
Widowed 4 February 1939 |
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Church of England |
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Farmer |
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Became pastoralist and managing partner, Warralong Station, Port Hedland |
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At time of election had lived in North West of WA for more than 40 years
At Coongan Station in 1903 |
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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 2010 , p. 276.
West Australian, 30 December 1959. |
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