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Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia

Harry Charles Strickland

Parliamentary Service

House

MLC

Party

Labor

Date Elected

22 May 1950

Electorate

North

Service

Electorates

MLC North Province, 22 May 1950–31 December 1970 (resigned)

Office

Minister for North-West, Supply, Shipping and Railways (from 20 April 1956) 23 February 1953–2 April 1959
Leader of the Government in Legislative Council, 13 November 1958–2 April 1959
Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council, 2 April 1959–25 July 1962

Committees

Member, Standing Orders Committee, 1968–6 October 1970
Member, Joint Select Committee on Kauri Timber Company Limited Agreement Bill 1950

Private Member's Bills

Inaugural Speech

Year Retired/Resigned

1970

Personal Information

Birth date

10 June 1903

Place of birth

South Fremantle, Western Australia

Death date

2 May 1971

Cause of death

Place of death

Safety Bay, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, WA

Arrived in WA

Parents

Son of William Hitch Strickland, butcher’s clerk, and Elizabeth Jane Schipper

Marriage and Family

Married 9 July 1927, Stella Maris Church, Carnarvon to Thelma Marie Colgan (circa 1901–28 February 1985), daughter of Richard Colgan and Mary Ellen Flynn
Children: one son and three daughters

Religion

Church of England

Education

Beaconsfield State School and Fremantle Boys’ School

Occupation

Farmer

Employment History

After leaving school worked in barber’s shop
Became jockey at 13 years and rode in races on metropolitan courses until weight increased
Cadet steward on TSS Bambra
Moved north, 18 February 1919, shed hand, Frank Young and Company shearing team, Noonkanbah Station via Derby, 1920
Shearer and barman until 1933
Special constable, Broome to control riots in Asian communities
Leased Sandhurst Hotel at East Carnarvon, 1933–1937, then left Carnarvon
Leased railway refreshment rooms in Perth, 1940–1947
Banana planter on north side of Gascoyne River in Carnarvon area, 1947–1950

Local Government

Member, Carnarvon Road Board, 27 November 1935–May 1937

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

References

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. 244.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 15 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=f8e6abb6-f41c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c2d3

Bibliography

Further Information

Northern Times, 30 May 1968.
West Australian, 3 May 1971.
Who's Who Australia, (1968)