Parliamentary Service |
|
|
MLA |
|
|
Liberal to 1917 then Nationalist |
|
|
29 September 1917 |
|
|
Claremont |
|
|
Electorates
- MLA Claremont, 29 September 1917–20 August 1918 (resigned)
- Contested Fremantle, 21 October 1914
|
|
|
|
|
|
1918 |
| |
Personal Information |
|
|
23 May 1868 |
|
|
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
|
|
30 August 1927 |
|
|
Drowned |
|
|
At sea from RMS Narkunda en route from Europe to Fremantle |
|
|
Gibraltar Cemetery |
|
|
1890 |
|
|
Son of Bruce, cabinet maker, and Jane (Jeannie) Moore |
|
|
Married 21 June 1897, Scots’ Church, Fremantle to Lily Berry (born circa 1866 and died 27 November 1955), daughter of Nathaniel and Jane Elizabeth Tate
Children: four sons and one daughter |
|
|
Presbyterian |
|
|
|
|
|
Accountant and businessperson |
|
|
Accountant, Fremantle by 1897
Founded firm of produce merchants, Fremantle, 1900
Built up considerable trade as sandalwood exporter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
President, Fremantle Chamber of Commerce
Member, Scotch College and Presbyterian Ladies College Boards
President, Fremantle Golf Club 1925
Freemason
On extended trip to Europe from 1926 |
|
|
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. 188. |
| Bibliography |
|
|
|
|
West Australian, 1 September 1927. |