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Alfred John Henry Watts
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Birth | | Date: 14 October 1873
Place: Salt Lakes, Lowan county, Victoria, Australia |
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Arrival in WA | | To WA 1896 |
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Parents | | Son of Alfred, auctioneer and farmer, and Caroline Rokasky |
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Marriage and Family | | Married (1) 16 June 1897, residence of Charles Mulcahy, Perth to Florence Lavinia Snellgrove (born circa 1874), daughter of Edward and Charlotte Lancashire
Children: one daughter
Widowed 31 July 1898
Married (2) 13 September 1899, residence of Mrs Saunders, East Perth to Helen Waimea Annie Saunders (born circa 1876 and died 16 October 1968), daughter of William and Susan Ann Parsons
Children: four sons and four daughters |
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Death | | Date: 3 August 1954
Place: Safety Bay, Western Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery, WA
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Religion | | Methodist |
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Education | | 1893 at college |
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Occupation | | Farmer |
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Employment History | | 1890 farmed with brother on selection in Wimmera, Victoria
1895 joined father in land and commission business
To WA 1896 as land agent in Perth and after 1901 in Northam
1901 lecturer for WA Lands Department
1920 fruitgrower at Northam
1922–1937 farmed at Waeel
Land agent and then retired at Safety Bay |
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House | | MLA |
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Local Government Service | | Northam Municipal Council 1908 |
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Party | | Labor |
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Date Elected | | 28 June 1904 |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by Alfred Watts |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1905 |
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Electorate | | Northam |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- MLA Northam 28 June 1904–27 October 1905
- Contested Northam 24 October 1905, East Province 12 August 1907 (by-election), Northam 11 September 1908, 3 October 1911
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References | | The Avon Valley Illustrated, p. 47–48.
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. 203.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 27 April 2015. http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KB00135528
West Australian, 19 June 1904.
The Western Australia post office directory(1902–1937) |
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