Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Labor
Labor until 1917 (president local branch) then Independent (Ind) and Independent Labor (Ind Lab) 1922, Country Party 1922–23, Ministerial (Majority) Country Party (MCP) 1923–24, Nationalist from 1923/1924 |
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12 March 1921 |
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Nelson |
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Electorates
- MLA Nelson 12 March 1921–15 February 1936, 18 March 1939–20 November 1943
- Contested Nelson 29 September 1917 (Ind Lab), South West Province 8 May 1920, Nelson 15 February 1936, 20 November 1943, Blackwood 25 March 1950 (Ind)
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Personal Information |
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16 June 1881 |
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Bridgetown, Western Australia |
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18 January 1953 |
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Pinjarra, Western Australia |
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Bridgetown Cemetery, WA |
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Son of Joseph, storekeeper and builder, and Eliza Cain |
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Married 18 December 1907, All Saints Church, Bridgetown (Church of England) to Mary Agnes Murnan (born circa 1887 and died circa September 1963), daughter of Edward and Margaret McGrath
Children: two daughters |
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Catholic |
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Locally
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Publican |
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Tin miner at Greenbushes for eight years after leaving school
Rural employment until 1906
Became licensee Terminus Hotel, Bridgetown |
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Bridgetown Road Board July 1917–April 1921 |
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Member Bridgetown Health Board
Pensioner in Greenbushes at time of death
Former captain district football and cricket teams |
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J.S. Battye (ed.),The Cyclopaedia of Western Australia, 2 vols, Adelaide: Hussey and Gillingham, 1912–13, p. 465.
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. 183–184.
Wise: Western Australian Directory, 1895–1947 (1914–1947)
West Australian, 20 January 1953. |
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