Parliamentary Service |
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Labor
Delegate to State Executive
Foundation president Young Labor League |
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20 May 1939 |
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Forrest |
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State
Electorates
- MLA Forrest 20 May 1939 (by-election following accidental death of his sister Mary (May) Alice)—15 March 1947
- Contested North Perth 15 February 1936, 18 March 1939
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Senate 15 September 1934
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1947 |
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Personal Information |
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9 August 1904 |
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Cue, Western Australia |
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26 July 1951 |
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Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of John Barkell Holman, union secretary and politician, and Katherine Mary Row, and brother of Mary Alice Holman |
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Married 31 March 1928, St Joseph’s Church, Bassendean to Mildred Kathleen Payne, daughter of Alfred Payne and Kathleen Power
Children: two daughters |
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Catholic |
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Educated Christian Brothers' College, Highgate Hill; St Ildephonsus College, New Norcia; and Christian Brothers' College, Perth
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Printer and union secretary |
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Entered the printing trade from school
From 1923 on management committee of Printing Industries Employees Union of Australia, then on executive, secretary 1936–1939, federal councillor
As union leader won 40 hour week for employees
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force 23 June 1941, embarked 7 November 1941
Served with 2/16 Battalion in Middle East—Private
Discharged after time in hospital 30 December 1943 |
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Retired after leaving Parliament in 1947, lived at Bassendean
Accomplished musician |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds. Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Vol. 2, 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth 2010 , p. 125. |
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Carter
West Australian, 21 May 1939.
Who's Who in Australia, (1944). |