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Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia

Hon John Reid Brown

Parliamentary Service

House

MLC

Party

Labor 1920s secretary Eastern Goldfields District Council of ALP

Date Elected

22 May 1924

Electorate

North-East

Service

Electorates

MLC North-East Province 22 May 1924–25 February 1930

Private Member's Bills

Inaugural Speech

Brown, John Reid, Inaugural Speech.pdf

Year Retired/Resigned

1930

Personal Information

Birth date

30 December 1867

Place of birth

Newtown, Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia

Death date

25 February 1930

Cause of death

Place of death

Subiaco, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, WA

Arrived in WA

1896 arrived Western Australia

Parents

Son of John McGurk, miner and engine driver, and Agnes Reid

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

Religion

Presbyterian

Education

Occupation

Farmer

Employment History

Local Government

Principal Honours

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

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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