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Charles Collier Perkins
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Birth | | Date: 8 August 1906
Place: Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia |
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Arrival in WA | | Arrived WA 1929 |
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Parents | | Son of Charles Henry Perkins, farmer and Gwendoline Collier |
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Marriage and Family | | Married 25 August 1938, St George’s Cathedral, Perth to Kathleen Jennings Laffar (died 17 May 2005), daughter of William Henry Laffar and Kathleen Anna Sargent
Children: two sons and two daughters |
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Death | | Date: 7 November 1961
Place: Wembley, Western Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia
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Religion | | Church of England |
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Education | | Educated Rainbow State School and Geelong Grammar School |
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Occupation | | Farmer |
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Employment History | | Soon after arriving in WA he bought a farm at Belka via Bruce Rock which he retained throughout his life
Member Bruce Rock Agricultural Society
Member and then director Bruce Rock Co-operative
Director and deputy chairman Westralian Farmers Co-operative Ltd until 1950 |
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House | | MLA |
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Local Government Service | | |
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Party | | Country Party
Member executive Primary Producers Association from 1935 |
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Date Elected | | 21 November 1942 |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by Charles Perkins |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1961 |
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Electorate | | York |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- MLA York 21 November 1942 (by-election)–25 March 1950 (electorate abolished in redistribution); Roe 25 March 1950–7 November 1961
Office
- Minister for Transport, Police, Labour and Native Welfare 2 April 1959–7 November 1961
Committees
- Chairman of Chairmans 5 August 1947–15 January 1953
- Chairman Select Chairman on the Ways and Means of Obtaining Adequate Meat Supplies for the People of WA 1950
- Member Select Committee on ways and means of obtaining an adequate Meat Supply in the Metropolitan Area 1944
- Member Select Committee on the WA Club (Private) Bill 1948
- Member Select Committee on the Provisions of the Bushfires Act Amendment Bill 1948
- Member Select Committee on the Kalgoorlie and Boulder Racing Clubs Act Amendment (Private) Bill 1953
Royal Commissions
- Member Hon Royal Commission inquiring into Restrictive Trade Practices and Legislation 1957
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Background/Membership | | President WA branch Clydesdale Horse Society
Member Adult Education Board 1946–1949
Vice-president Wollaston Association and lay reader for Church of England for 25 years
Member Library Board of WA |
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References | | 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. 209. |
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Further Information | | Wendy Birman, 'Perkins, Charles Collier (1906–1961)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/perkins-charles-collier-13149/text23803, published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 11 January 2016.
Countryman, 9 November 1961.
Merredin Mercury, 16 November 1961.
Wesfarmers News, 9 November 1961.
West Australian, 8, 9 and 10 November 1961.
Who's Who in Australia, (1950) |
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