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Joined Liberal party 1970
Resigned 1984 and sat as Independent in Parliament until 1986 |
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20 February 1971 |
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Subiaco |
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Electorates
- MLA Subiaco 20 February 1971–8 February 1986
Committees
- Member Library Committee 1971–1979
- Member Select Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs 24 August 1983–8 May 1984
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 Dadour, Gabriel Thomas, Inaugural Speech.pdf |
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Personal Information |
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19 April 1925 |
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Waterloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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17 March 2011 |
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Hollywood Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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8 January 1953 |
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Alexander Elias Dadour, clerk, and Nabeeha Cannon Zazbeck |
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Married 18 July 1953, St Margaret’s Church, Nedlands to Lesley Joan Clarke, daughter of Robert Edward and Elsie May Rooke
Children: two sons and two daughters
Divorced September 1982
Married 10 December 1982 to Betty Elaine Davey Douglas, daughter of Archibald Roy and Florence Irene Lalor
No children |
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Church of England |
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Cleveland Primary School and High School and Sydney Boys High School, Sydney, New South Wales
University of Sydney–Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
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Doctor |
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Enlisted Royal Australian Naval Reserve 19 April 1945
From Ordinary Seaman to Able Seaman
Served on HMAS Hobart 6 November 1945–3 September 1946, HMAS LST3008 4–8 September 1946, HMAS Waree 19–29 October 1946
In British Occupational Forces Japan
Discharged 15 November 1946
Residency 1953–1956
General practice in Subiaco from 4 January 1957 and continued throughout and after parliamentary career |
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Subiaco City Council April 1967–October 1977 |
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Member of the Order of Australia (AM) awarded 26 January 2001 for service to the community of Subiaco, particularly as a general practitioner, to local government and to the Western Australian Parliament.
Centenary Medal awarded 1 January 2001 awarded for service to the community through local government and the parliament |
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Member Australian Medical Association
Special interest in sports medicine and honourable patron of Subiaco Football Club
Honourable life member Subiaco Football Club 1966 and Junior Football Club 1967, also Police and Citizens Association 1966
Rotarian
Honourable Freeman of City of Subiaco 1986
Received Merit Australian Football League Award September 1988, Outstanding Voluntary Service to Football Award from Western Australian Football Commission November 1998 and Australian Sports Medal 2000
Tom Dadour Community Centre established in Subiaco September 2000 |
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David Black, and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia volume two, 1930-2010, Perth: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, 2011, p. 61. |
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