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Electorates
- Nominated MLC 25 July 1876–11 July 1885
- Contested York 25 June 1872, 2 October 1874, 23 June 1875
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Personal Information |
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24 May 1817 |
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Lyminge Kent, England, United Kingdom |
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26 February 1904 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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East Perth Cemetery, WA |
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1830 to WA with parents on Hooghly |
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Son of Stephen Henry Parker and Susanne Wyborn
Brother-in-law of James Drummond |
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Married 4 April 1844, Boston near York to Elizabeth Sewell (born 21 April 1822), daughter of John and Ann Allen, aunt of George Malakoff Sewell
Children: eight sons and seven daughters
Father of Stephen Henry Parker and grandfather of Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker
Widowed: 9 July 1903 |
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Farmer and miller |
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Partner with his father in farm, Northbourne, York, until he married then farmed independently at Balladong farm
Built Bridge House, York
1858 owned steam flour mill |
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York Road Board 1871–1882
Chairman 1874–1881
York Town Council member 1871 |
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Member of York Agricultural Society (involved in proposal for convicts)
Member York Board of Education 1861
Circa 1860s Justice of the Peace
1879 inherited Northbourne, 1882 retired to 325 Adelaide Terrace, Perth
Trustee of Church of England diocese
Member Aborigines Protection Board 1890–1897 |
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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. 21.
R Erickson, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume III.
WB Kimberly, History of West Australia. A narrative of her past, together with biographies of her leading men, FW Niven and Co, Melbourne, 1897, p. 65–66 (portrait)
Western Mail, 5 March 1904. |
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