Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Labor |
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15 August 1916 |
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Coolgardie |
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Electorates
- MLA Coolgardie 15 August 1916 (by-election)–12 April 1930; Yilgarn–Coolgardie 8 April 1933–30 June 1941
- Contested Yilgarn–Coolgardie 26 March 1930
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1941 |
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Personal Information |
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6 April 1879 |
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Mt Alexander Rd, Metcalfshire, Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia |
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30 June 1941 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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To WA 1897 |
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Son of William Richard, miner and town clerk, and Sarah Ann Smith |
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Married 20 September 1920, St George’s Cathedral, Perth to Elizabeth Everett Fleming, (born circa 1898 and died circa September 1971), daughter of John Allardyce and Jane Anne Rae
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated Malmsbury State School and School of Mines, Kyneton, Victoria
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Assayer and metallurgist |
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Practised assaying at Boulder City
In later life formed General Chemical Supply Co, partner with FW Teesdale in Union Plaster Co and WA Manganese Co
Secretary to Philip Collier 1930–1933 |
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Kalgoorlie Municipal Council 1904 |
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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. 116.
Twentieth Century Impressions of Western Australia, PWH Thiel, Perth, 1901, p. 535.
West Australian, 10 April 1933, 1 July 1941.
Wilson, J. Graham. Western Australia's centenary 1829-1929 : first century's progress with antecedent records 1527-1828, p. 189. |
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