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Henry John Saunders
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Birth | | Date: 16 February, 1855
Place: Brompton, Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom |
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Arrival in WA | | Arrived in Western Australian 1884 |
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Parents | | Son of Thomas Bush, barrister, and Maria Albers (nee Pedder) |
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Marriage and Family | | Married (1) 26 July 1887, Parish Church Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England to Elizabeth Shenton (born 23 September 1858), daughter of George and Ann Catherine Cousins, sister of Sir George Shenton
Children: one child deceased
Widowed 17 December 1891
Married (2) 8 March 1893, Registry Office, Paddington, London, England to Julia Parthenia Davey (born 20 November 1872 and died 20 November 1930), daughter of Simon
Children: two sons |
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Death | | Date: 13 October 1919
Place: Perth, Western Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery, WA
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Religion | | Church of England |
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Education | | Clifton College, Bristol, studied engineering
Member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers (MICE) |
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Occupation | | Engineer |
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Employment History | | Arrived in Western Australia 1884 and practised as engineer and mining agent in firm of Saunders and Barrett
1895 bought Henley Park station (5,600 acres) near Guildford, also held Leinster pastoral leases of 475,000 acres in East Murchison
Involved as chief engineer in execution of plans for Midland Railway Company
Promoted several goldfields companies including WA Goldfields Company Limited 1894 and headed HJ Saunders and Company |
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House | | MLC |
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Local Government Service | | Perth City Council 1885–1895, Mayor 1895–1897 |
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Party | | Free Trade 1903
National 1918 |
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Date Elected | | 16 July 1894 |
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Inaugural Speech | | |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by Henry Saunders |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1919 |
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Electorate | | Metropolitan |
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Parliamentary Service | | State
Electorates
- MLC Metropolitan Province 16 July 1894–21 May 1902
- Contested East Perth 10 December 1890, Metropolitan Province 1902
- MLC Metropolitan Province 22 May 1918–13 October 1919
Commonwealth
- Senator for WA 20 May 1903 (appointed to fill casual vacancy)–31 December 1903
- Contested Senate March 1901, 16 December 1903
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Background/Membership | | Justice of the Peace
President Royal Agricultural Society
Member Western Australian Turf Club, Weld Club
Director Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company and Canning Race Club Ltd |
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Qualifications | | Member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers (MICE) |
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References | | 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, 2010, p. 175.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 2 April 2015. http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KB00042555 |
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