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16 July 1894 |
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North |
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Electorates
- MLC North Province 16 July 1894–27 July 1896
- Contested North Province 27 July 1896
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1896 |
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Personal Information |
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1839 |
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Brompton, East Suffolk, England, United Kingdom |
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31 January 1913 |
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Bellevue, Western Australia |
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Middle Swan Cemetery, WA |
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Arrived Western Australia March 1843 on Success |
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Son of William, veterinary surgeon, and Margaret Mary |
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Married 15 March 1877, St Patrick’s Church, Mourambine to Beverley Sophia Pennel Badcock (nee Wells) (born circa October 1835), widow of Robert W Badcock (died circa May 1875), daughter of Richard and Sarah Susanna
No children
Widowed 23 April 1909 |
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Church of England |
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No formal schooling
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Farmer |
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Worked as a shepherd in Brookton area
1859 labourer employed by J Seabrook
1863 accompanied HM Lefroy on exploring expedition east of York as second in command
1864 took up land near Pingelly with step brother and developed wheat and sheep farm, Sunning Hill 2000 acres at Brookton
1874 overland expedition with W Lukin to find sheep country
1875 took up Croydon station near Roebourne, later Langwell, 1885 sold out and bought farm near Bellevue |
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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, 2001, p.170. |
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