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Electorates
- MLA Canning 8 April 1933–15 March 1947
- Contested Canning 15 March 1947, Murray 25 March 1950
- Sought pre-selection for Beeloo 1955
Committees
- Member Select Committee on the Educational System of the State 1938
- Member Select Committee on the Western Australian Turf Club (Property) Private Bill 1944
- Member Select Committee on Wool Handling at Appraisement Centres 1945
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Personal Information |
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29 October 1891 |
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March, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom |
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26 October 1955 |
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Level crossing accident, Western Australia |
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Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Circa 1898 |
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George Cross, farm labourer, and Jane Bridgestock |
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Married 13 December 1916, District Registry Office, Perth to Ruth Naomi Ayres (born circa 1890), daughter of William and Eliza Hicks Ball
Children: one son and one daughter
Widowed 6 August 1944
Married 29 October 1947, St Patrick’s Church, Victoria Park to Fifi Marie Anderson (nee Brown) (born circa 1908), widow, daughter of John Henry and Marie Ann Gespot
No children |
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Church of England |
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Businessperson and union secretary |
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Worked as conductor on Perth trams for many years, still conductor in 1916
Subsequently in business (billiard saloon proprietor?) in Victoria Park from circa 1926
Part-time secretary Fire Brigade Employees Union from 1930s to late 1940s
Worked as manager after leaving Parliament
Prominent charity worker in Victoria Park |
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Active in Tramways Employees’ Union |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 59. |
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