Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Labor
1920s secretary Eastern Goldfields District Council of ALP |
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22 May 1924 |
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North-East |
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Electorates
- MLC North-East Province 22 May 1924–25 February 1930
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 Brown, John Reid, Inaugural Speech.pdf |
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Personal Information |
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30 December 1867 |
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Newtown, Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia |
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25 February 1930 |
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Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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1896 arrived Western Australia |
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Son of John McGurk, miner and engine driver, and Agnes Reid |
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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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Presbyterian |
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Farmer |
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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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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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