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Electorates
- MLC Metropolitan–Suburban Province (renamed Suburban Province 1950) 22 May 1938–13 April 1953 (resigned)
Committees
- Chairman of Committees 27 November 1946–13 April 1953
- Member Standing Orders Committee 1947–1953
- Member Select Committee on Motor Spirits and Substitute Liquid Fuels Bill 1943
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Personal Information |
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21 June 1888 |
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Richmond, Victoria, Australia |
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29 January 1957 |
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London, England, United Kingdom |
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Cremated in United Kingdom. Ashes scattered at Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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1911 |
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William Dimmitt, baker, and Emily Alice Syle |
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Married 2 October 1912, St Martin’s Church, Hawkesburn, Victoria to Florence Ada Goodfellow, daughter of George and Harriet Maud Garrard
Children: three sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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State schools, Victoria
Technical college, Victoria
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Agent general |
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Working as a salesman in 1912
Clerk in 1914
Became director of Armstrong Dimmitt Ltd, WA Match Company Limited, Employers Assurance Limited, Perth Central Freeholds Limited, Wrights Limited, North Kalgoorlie Coal Mines
Member original board of directors WA Airlines Limited
Squadron Leader Air Training Corps 1941–1944
Agent General for Western Australia 14 April 1953–29 January 1957 |
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Member Chamber of Manufacturers and Chamber of Commerce
President Perth Rotary Club 1946–1947
President Royal Aero Club 1926–1936
Director and president of WA Blind Welfare Association
Foundation president Guide Dogs Association
Member Perth Club, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Cottesloe Golf Club, Commercial Travellers Association |
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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. 69. |
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