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State
Electorates
- MLA Swan 21 October 1914–12 March 1921
- Contested 11 September Wellington 1908
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Senate 31 May 1913
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Personal Information |
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Circa 1875 |
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Alberton, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia |
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5 September 1960 |
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Mount Hospital, Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Arrived WA 1894 |
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Son of William, farmer, and Margaret Merritt |
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Married 12 September 1900, Carmelite Church (Roman Catholic), Middle Park, Victoria, Maria Theresa Bertram (born circa 1876), daughter of James and Ellen Burns
Children: two sons and two daughters
Brother of Walter Maxwell (Speaker House of Representatives 1940–1943) |
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Presbyterian |
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Salesperson |
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Entered retail business, brief stay in Queensland
Salesman living in Albert Park, Victoria in 1900 then again to WA by 1907
Commercial traveller for wholesale warehouses until 1914
After leaving Parliament became Australian manager, Penfolds Wines, manager McWilliams (Victoria) |
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To Mandurah by 1953, farmer, retired
President Commercial Travellers Association |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 149.
West Australian, 23 October 1914. |
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