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Charles Herbert Simpson
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Birth | | Date: 28 August 1887
Place: Peechember, near Yanac-a-Yanac, Lowan, Victoria, Australia |
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Parents | | Son of John Michael Simpson, schoolteacher, and Mary Ann Stone |
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Marriage and Family | | Married 9 July 1921, Methodist Church, Glen Waverley, Victoria to Neta Annice Matyr (born 1897 and died 28 September 1992), daughter of Harry William Matyr and Eliza Wilson
Children: two daughters |
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Death | | Date: 12 June 1963
Place: Morawa Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery, WA
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Religion | | Methodist |
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Education | | State School, Peechember, private tuition and James Street School, Perth (night classes) |
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Occupation | | Clerk, storekeeper, and stock and station agent |
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Employment History | | Clerical work in Perth 1902–1905, then metallurgical work on Murchison goldfields 1905–1913 (at Youanmi 1912–1913)
With Royal Engineers, England, World War I, 1917–1919
Returned to Australia, agency work at Paynesville 1920–1921
From 1921 storekeeper, farm and station agent at Pindar |
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House | | MLC |
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Local Government Service | | |
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Party | | Liberal
Country Party after 1958 |
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Date Elected | | 22 May 1946 |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by Charles Simpson |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1963 |
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Electorate | | Central |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- MLC Central Province (Midland Province after 1950) 22 May 1946–12 June 1963
Office
- Government Whip 1948–1950
- Minister for Transport, Railways and Mines 6 April 1950–23 February 1953
- Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council 1 December 1955–1 March 1958
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees 1953–1956
- Member Joint House Committee 1947–1950
- Member Select Committee on the Retailing of Motor Spirits and Accessories 1955–1956
- Member Joint Select Committee on the Provisions of the Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust Bill 1957
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Background/Membership | | In Rhodesia 1914–1916
Secretary Mullewa Agricultural Society for 17 years
Justice of the Peace 1933
Vice-president Volunteer Defence Corps and Returned Services League of Australia
Member Mullewa Hospital Board |
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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. 236.
Ferguson, p. 167.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 8 April 2015. http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KC00108828
West Australian, 13 June 1963.
Who's Who in Australia(1962) |
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