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Hon John Reid Brown
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Birth | | Date: 30 December 1867
Place: Newtown, Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia |
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Arrival in WA | | 1896 arrived Western Australia |
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Parents | | Son of John McGurk, miner and engine driver, and Agnes Reid |
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Marriage and Family | | Married 13 November 1889, Richmond, Victoria (Methodist), to Olivia Jane Blakely (born circa 1866 and died 26 June 1926), daughter of Robert Jordon and Sarah Bell
Children: two sons and one daughter
Widowed 26 June 1926 |
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Death | | Date: 25 February 1930
Place: Subiaco, Western Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery, WA
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Religion | | Presbyterian |
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Education | | |
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Occupation | | Farmer |
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House | | MLC |
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Local Government Service | | |
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Party | | Labor
1920s secretary Eastern Goldfields District Council of ALP |
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Date Elected | | 22 May 1924 |
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Inaugural Speech | | |
| |  Brown, John Reid, Inaugural Speech.pdf |
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Inaugural Video | | |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by John Brown |
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Valedictory Speech | | |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1930 |
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Electorate | | North-East |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- MLC North-East Province 22 May 1924–25 February 1930
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Background/Membership | | Department manager in store of EG Shenton & Co, Perth
Storekeeper and miner at Bulong, Eastern Goldfields, then at Kalgoorlie
Member Shop Assistants’ Union, Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Union
Price adjuster for Firewood Getters’ Union |
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References | | D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, 2010, p. 39.
Kalgoorlie Miner, 26 February 1930.
West Australian, 12 May 1924, 26 February 1930. |
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