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Nationalist |
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18 October 1917 |
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Roebourne |
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Electorates
- Roebourne 18 October 1917–14 December 1931
- Contested Roebourne 11 November 1914
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Personal Information |
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3 April, 1864 |
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Wide Bargate, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom |
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14 December 1931 |
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Hollywood, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Came to Australia as a young man; lived in South Australia and Victoria |
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Son of Eli, tailor and hosier master, and Sarah Clement |
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Married 30 March 1893, District Registry Office, Roebourne to Lilian Helena Wells Hall (nee Bruce) (born circa 1856), widow of James Anderton Hall whom she married in December 1874, daughter of Edward and Helen Graham
No children
Widowed 21 June 1929 |
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Church of England |
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Storekeeper |
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1886–1889 prospecting and pearling in North West of Western Australia
After 1889 storekeeper at Roebourne
Took All-Australia team of riders to England
In later life partner of George James Lambert as director Western Australian Manganese Company, and Union Plaster Company |
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Roebourne Municipal Council 1895–1897, 1900–1901 |
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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. 193.
West Australian, 15 December 1931. |
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