Parliamentary Service |
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MLA
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Liberal |
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25 March 1950 |
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Canning |
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Electorates
- MLA Canning 25 March 1950–14 February 1953
- Contested Canning 14 February 1953
- MLC Suburban Province 20 June 1953 (by-election)–21 May 1965
- MLC North Metropolitan Province 22 May 1965–21 May 1977
Office
- Party Whip in 1950s
- Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council 16 June 1958–2 April 1959
- Minister for Mines, Housing (until 16 March 1965), Justice (from 1 February 1962)
- Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council 2 April 1959–3 March 1971
- Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council 11 March 1971–8 April 1974
President of the Legislative Council May 1974–May 1977
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees 1956–1958
- Member Library Committee 1955–1956
- Chairman Select Committee on the Jury Act 1956
Historical Notes
- Father of the Legislative Council 1974–1977
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Personal Information |
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22 April 1913 |
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Geraldton, Western Australia |
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17 November 1982 |
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Shenton Park, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of George Ernest Griffith, life insurance inspector, and Flora McDonald |
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Married 13 July 1940, St Alban’s Church, Highgate Hill, Perth to Gweneth Lorraine
Macaulay Evans, daughter of Roystin Macaulay Evans and Myrtle Hannah Barritt
Children: one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated at Forrest Street Primary School and Perth Boys School
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Clerk and political organiser |
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Employed in insurance 1928–1932
Law clerk 1933–1940
Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force 24 June 1940
Commissioned from ranks 1941, Flying Officer
Served in Northern Territory 25 October 1944–21 November 1944
Discharged 5 November 1945
Political organiser for Liberal party and LCL 1945–1950 |
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Created a knight 1977 |
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Member Zoological Gardens Board 1977–1982 |
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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. 101.
Speakers Presidents.
West Australian 27 March 1950, 19 November 1950, 24 March 1976, 11 June 1977
Who's Who in Australia (1977) |
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