Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLA Avon 15 March 1947–3 March 1950
- MLA Mt Marshall 3 March 1950–6 July 1967
Office
- Minister for Transport, Police and Native Welfare 16 November 1961–11 April 1962
Committees
- Member Joint House Committees 1947–1953
- Standing Orders Committees 1962–1967
- Chairman Select Committees on the Uniformity of Liquid Fuel Prices 1956
- Member Select Committees on Land Sales Control Act 1948; and on the Licensing Act 1911–1956, 1956–1957
- Chairman of Committees 2 September 1926-25 July 1946
- President 25 July 1946-25 November 1946
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented Western Australia Branch CPA at 4th Australian Area Conference, Brisbane, 1957
Historical Notes
- Father of the House October-November 1946
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Personal Information |
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3 September 1910 |
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North Terrace, Boulder, Western Australia |
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6 July 1967 |
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As a result of car accident in the drive of own home |
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Scarborough, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of James Cornell, miner and politician, and Mary Ann Beatrice Daws |
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Married 23 March 1940, St Patrick’s Church, Mt Lawley to Mollie Gladys Pope, daughter of Albert and Kate Holman Gardner
Children: five sons |
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Church of England |
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Rosalie State School and Perth Boys’ School
Studied accountancy and Western Australia's first in Australian in legal section of Federal Institute of Accountants 1932, FASA, FCIS, Association ICAA
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Accountant |
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Worked at Western Australia Bank in 1926 then seven years with Agricultural Bank in head office and country branches
Chief Clerk in firm of accountants, Perth 1935–1937
Public accountant at Kellerberrin 1937–1947 |
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Kellerberrin Road Board 1 August 1942–April 1947; chairman 1945–1947 |
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Secretary Kellerberrin Agricultural Society
Justice of the Peace
Secretary Eastern District Trotting Council and Racing and Trotting Club
Secretary Eastern Districts Memorial Hospital and Hospital Boards Association 1938–65
By 1958 resident of Scarborough
Secretary Kellerberrin Branch CDL in 1947 |
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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. 50.
Bulletin, September 1963
West Australian, 21 March 1947, 7 July 1967. |
Bibliography |
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