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James (Mortimer) Patterson MacFarlane
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Birth | | Date: 12 October 1865
Place: Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia |
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Arrival in WA | | To WA 1897 |
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Parents | | Son of Robert, farmer, and Elizabeth Hannah |
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Marriage and Family | | Married (1) 13 May 1889, The Manse (Presbyterian), South Melbourne, Victoria to Ellen Eliza Howie (born circa 1866), daughter of John and Christina Templemont
Widowed 16 June 1911
No children
Married (2) 14 December 1912, St Andrews Church, Perth, (Presbyterian) to Jane Whyte (nee Bellamy), (born circa 1865), divorced from Neil Duncan Whyte, daughter of John and Emma Jones
Children: one stepson and two stepdaughters
Widowed 25 September 1940 |
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Death | | Date: 16 May 1942
Place: West Perth, Western Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia
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Religion | | Methodist |
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Occupation | | Businessperson |
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Employment History | | Followed mining pursuits in Victoria until the 1890s, then formed Bacchus Marsh Concentrate Milk Co, Melbourne
After moving to WA in 1897, joined firm of Walker, Wilson and Co
1902 established butter factory at Busselton and dairy produce business, Fremantle, transferred to Perth
Founded dairy produce factory at Capel 1915 |
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House | | MLC |
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Local Government Service | | Perth City Council 1915–1922
Contested mayoralty 1928 |
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Party | | National
President National Party 1930 |
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Date Elected | | 22 May 1922 |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by James MacFarlane |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1942 |
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Electorate | | Metropolitan |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- MLC Metropolitan Province 22 May 1922–21 May 1928; Metropolitan–Suburban Province 22 May 1930–16 May 1942
- Contested Metropolitan Province 12 May 1928, Metropolitan–Suburban Province 11 January 1930 (by-election)
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Background/Membership | | 1900–1902 in Victoria
1910 member Food Standards Committee
Chairman WA Pasture Improvement Committee of Australian Dairy Produce Board 1935–1940
Treasurer War Patriotic Fund
President Royal Agricultural Society |
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References | | Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, vol 1, p. 711–712.
Black, David. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 128.
West Australian, 15 May 1922, 18 May 1942. |
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