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Electorates
- MLC Metropolitan–Suburban Province, 22 May 1926–21 May 1932
- Contested Metropolitan–Suburban Province, 7 May 1932
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Personal Information |
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25 September 1862 |
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Clunes, Victoria, Australia |
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30 October 1936 |
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St Omer's Hospital, West Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Anglican Area. BA Section, 0629 grave site. |
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To WA circa 1896 |
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Son of Francis James, miner, and Mary Rice |
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Married 2 April, 1890, Wesleyan Church, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria to Eva Byford (born circa 1867 and died 5 February 1954), daughter of George and Elizabeth Moythan(?)
Children: two sons and two daughters |
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Church of England |
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Educated locally
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Manager |
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Warehouseman, living in Carlton, 1890
Managing Director, Economic Stores, Perth |
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Mayor of Perth, 28 November 1917–1923 and 1930–1932 |
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Knight (Kt) (1921) |
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President, Perth Chamber of Commerce, 1912-1913
State chairman, Commonwealth War Loans Committee, 1915–1922
President, Empire Loyalty League, 1922
Chairman, State War Memorial Committee, 1926 |
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Black, David. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 119.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Accessed online 5 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=acb34644-9c1d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c2d3 |
Bibliography |
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Courtney, V. All I May Tell.
Erickson, Rica. Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1914, Vol 5, The Golden Years 1889-1914.
West Australian, 31 October 1936.
Who's Who in Australia, 1927–28 |