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Liberal |
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27 October 1905 |
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Coolgardie |
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Electorates
- MLA Coolgardie 27 October 1905–11 September 1908 (petition lodged in Supreme Court against return in 1905. Resigned 27 April 1906. Re–elected 9 July 1906 (by-election)
- Contested Coolgardie 6 December 1901 (by-election), 28 June 1904, 11 September 1908
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Personal Information |
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Circa 1865 |
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Clunes, Victoria, Australia |
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11 February 1926 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Circa 1892 |
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Andrew, miner, and Elizabeth Jane Tresize |
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Married 6 June 1904, Victoria Park (Congregationalist) to Mary Edith Kell (born circa 1859 and died 11 February 1932) (nee Marcom), widow, daughter of Joseph Jabez Searle and Margaret McLauchlan
No children |
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Presbyterian |
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Storekeeper and auctioneer |
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Pioneer storekeeper, Coolgardie, 1894
Auctioneering at Coolgardie from 1908, moved business to Merredin, 1913
Active worker for patriotic appeals World War I |
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Coolgardie Municipal Council, 1901–1903 |
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Justice of the Peace |
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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. 70.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 30 June 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=81fae339-9e1d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c2d3
Merredin Mercury, 12 February 1926.
West Australian, 12 February 1926.
The Western Australia post office directory, Wise & Co, Perth, WA, 1908–1925. |
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