Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Labor
Joined Australian Labor Party
1951
Secretary of various branches including Mundaring
Sought endorsement for Toodyay 1968 |
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20 February 1971 |
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Toodyay |
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State
Electorates
- MLA Toodyay, 20 February 1971–30 March 1974; Mundaring 30 March 1974–19 February 1977
- Contested Mundaring, 19 February 1977
Office
- Government Whip, 30 May 1973–1974
- Opposition Whip, 1974–1977
Committees
- Member, Public Accounts Committee, August 1975–1977
- Member, Select Committee inquiring into a Parliamentary Committee System 23 May 1973– 22 October 1973
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented WA branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at General Conference, Mauritius, 1976
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Perth (House of Representatives), 10 December 1977
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Personal Information |
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9 June 1930 |
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Midland Junction, Western Australia |
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4 October 2012 |
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Mount Helena, Western Australia |
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Guildford Cemetery, Western Australia.
Anglican area, D section, 0278 grave site |
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Son of William Albert Moiler, fitter and turner, and railway employee, and Minnie Priestman |
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Married 29 September 1951, St John’s Church, Fremantle to Norma June Gault, daughter of Lesley John Gault and Ethel Ada Baird
Children: two sons and two daughters |
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Church of England |
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Educated Midland State School—Diploma of Health
Served apprenticeship as mechanical fitter, 1946–1951
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Health surveyor |
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Mechanical fitter and welder, 1951–1961
Health surveyor, Merredin Shire Council, 1961–1968, Northam Shire Council 1968–1971
Supervisor, smallgoods manufacture, 1977–1978
Hotel owner and operator, 1978–1984
Owner and trainer race horses and agistment, also part-time health surveying from 1984 |
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Mundaring Shire Council, May 1980–May 1984 |
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Chairman, Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, 1990–1995
Semi-retired on ten acres in Mt Helena until full retirement from 1997
Hobbies included growing marron, Chinese water chestnuts and gardening
Member, Western Australian Turf Club for 25 years
Member, Mundaring Sporting Club
Volunteer, Hills Community Support Group |
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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. 183.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 6 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=dbeef0d7-fa1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c4b9 |
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West Australian, 22 February 1971
Who's Who in Australia (1977) |