Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Independent |
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10 February 1945 |
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Victoria Park |
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Electorates
- MLA Victoria Park 10 February 1945 (by-election)–14 February 1953
Committees
- Member Select Committee on the Incidence of TB (tuberculosis) in Certain Dairy Cattle 1947
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Personal Information |
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21 July 1882 |
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Lilydale, Victoria, Australia |
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29 April 1974 |
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Braille Hospital, Victoria Park, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Alfred Read, blacksmith and later farmer and grazier, and Henrietta Raymond |
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Married 9 July 1903, District Registry Office, Perth, WA to Florence Matilda Mills, daughter of William Thomas Mills and Matilda Millward
Widowed 20 November 1965
Children: one son and three daughters |
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Church of England |
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Educated Dr Murtagh’s High School, Bendigo, Victoria
Perth Technical College—qualified in pharmacy 11 June 1902, MPS, Ph C
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Pharmacist |
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Pharmacist in Victoria Park from 1920 until retirement |
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Perth City Council 1 December 1926–May 1965
Freeman of City of Perth |
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Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 1965 |
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Justice of the Peace
Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 1965
Member Ugly Men’s Association, Karrakatta Cemetery Board, Braille Society Management Committee and Unemployed Relief Assistance Committee
Rotarian |
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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. 220.
West Australian, 1 January 1965, (South Suburban Section) 19 May 1965. |
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