Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Labor |
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22 May 1928 |
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South |
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State
Electorates
- MLC South Province May 1928–May 1948
Committees
- Member Select Committee inquiring into the Distribution of Funds Provided by the Commonwealth to Aid Wheatgrowers 1935; and into the Industrial Arbitration Act Amendment Bill 1937
Royal Commissions
- Member Hon Royal Commission inquiring into the Care and Reform of Youthful Delinquents 1943
Commonwealth
- Contested Senate 16 December 1922
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1948 |
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Personal Information |
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9 February, 1890 |
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Sandhurst, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
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1 December 1952 |
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Mt Lawley, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Arrived WA 1908 (or 1912) |
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Son of Thomas Bennett, blacksmith and miner and Margaret Williams (nee Jones) |
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Married 29 September 1915, St George's Presbyterian Church, Boulder to Ella Mary Stockdale, daughter of George and Mary Ann Gander
Children: one son and four daughters |
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Church of Christ |
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Miner and union official |
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Worked on Ivanhoe Mine for nine years then organiser for Australian Workers' Union (AWU) |
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Boulder Municipal Council 23 November 1921–November 1924 |
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President Mining Section AWU 1920–1928
Delegate from AWU Kalgoorlie to All Australian Trade Union Conference 1921 at Melbourne
Secretary Goldfields Association and for several years a senior football umpire |
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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, 2001, p. 205.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 28 April 2015. http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KC00007193
West Australian, 17 May 1928. |
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