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State
Electorates
- MLA York 12 March 1921–7 October 1942 (resigned)
- MLC East Province (Central Province after 1950) 14 December 1946 (by-election)–May 1960
Office
- Deputy Premier and Minister for Lands, Immigration and Health 24 April 1930–24 April 1933
- Deputy Leader Ministerial Country Party 1923–1924
- Leader of the Parliamentary Country Party April 1930–October 1942
- Leader of the Opposition April 1933–October 1942
- Minister for Agriculture 17 January 1952–23 February 1953
- President Legislative Council 7 July 1958–21 May 1960
Empire and Commonwealth Parliamentary Associations
- Represented WA branch Empire Parliamentary Association at Silver Jubilee King George V, 1936
- Attended second area conference Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Sydney, 1955
Commonwealth
- Senator 8 October 1942 (casual vacancy)–20 August 1943
- Contested Senate 21 August 1943
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Personal Information |
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26 January 1882 |
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Hythe, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
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26 August 1968 |
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Parkside Lodge Hospital, South Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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To WA July 1910 |
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Son of Thomas, coastguard officer, and Isabella Isum |
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Married 23 June 1903, Hay, NSW to Maria Louisa Allworden, daughter of Johan von and Johanna Tillock
Widowed 5 July 1946
Children: two sons |
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Church of England |
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Educated Frogham, England and Hay, NSW
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Farmer |
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Took various rural jobs
Farmed 1000 acres (by 1921, 2000 acres) at East Kumminin (later Narembeen)
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force 15 March 1916
Acting Corporal December 1916, promoted January 1917
With 4th Training Battalion, 20th and 16th Battalions
To France October 1917, wounded 8 March 1918
Attached United States Army September–October 1918, Sergeant
Discharged 16 August 1919
Local foundation president Farmers and Settlers Association
Deputy Director Commonwealth Loans and National Savings Organisation 1943–1946 |
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Bruce Rock Road Board 1913–1914
Narembeen Road Board, first chairman 1924 |
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KCMG (1948) |
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Arrived in Australia 1890 as an orphan with his brothers and sisters
Honorary deputy director recruiting 1950–1961
Chairman Save the Children Fund in WA 1958 |
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Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/latham-sir-charles-george-7103
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. 119.
Erickson, Rica. Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1914, Vol 5, The Golden Years 1889-1914.
Rydon, Joan. A biographical register of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1901-1972.
West Australian, 16 March 1921, 29 August 1968. |
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