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MLC |
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Labor |
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22 May 1916 |
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Central |
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Electorates
- MLC Central Province 22 May 1916–21 May 1928
- Contested Central Province 16 May 1914, 12 May 1928, Gascoyne 26 March 1930
Office
- Minister without portfolio 16 April 1924–21 May 1928
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1928 |
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Personal Information |
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14 January 1878 |
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Clunes, Victoria, Australia |
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8 April 1932 |
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Mt Lawley, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of William Francis, miner and Annie Agnes Baker |
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Married 11 September 1911, St Patrick’s Church, Cue to Clarice Evelyn Page (born circa 1887), daughter of Joseph and Minnie Faulkner
Children: one son and two daughters
Widowed 28 January 1930 |
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Catholic |
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Miner and union official |
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Came to WA as miner in the Murchison goldfields
Then organiser later vice-president, Australian Workers Union at Geraldton
Director of Westralian Worker |
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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. 97.
West Australian, 9 April 1932. |
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