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John Joseph Higham
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Birth | | Date: 14 September 1856
Place: Fremantle, Western Australia |
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Parents | | Son of John Henry, baker and merchant, and Mary Ann Phipps and brother of Edward Henry Higham |
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Marriage and Family | | Married 5 January 1882, Johnston Memorial Church, Fremantle to Edith Elizabeth Bateman (born 20 August 1857); daughter of John and Rachel (White?)
Children: five sons and one daughter |
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Death | | Date: 23 July 1927
Place: Fremantle, Western Australia
Cemetery: Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia
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Religion | | Congregational |
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Education | | Educated Fremantle Boys’ School, Bishop Hale’s School, Perth and Camden Collegiate School, Sydney |
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Occupation | | Real estate agent |
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Employment History | | Joined mother in business as produce merchant, M Higham and Sons
Later became estate agent |
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House | | MLA |
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Local Government Service | | |
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Party | | Liberal |
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Date Elected | | 18 July 1896 |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by John Higham |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1904 |
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Electorate | | Fremantle |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- MLA Fremantle 18 July 1896 (by-election)–28 June 1904
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Background/Membership | | Foundation member of Fremantle Chamber of Council
WA Shipping Association
Chairman, Technical School Advisory Board
Member 1st Fremantle Hospital Board
Volunteer Fire Brigade 1885
Fremantle Municipal Council 1890–1897 |
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References | | Battye I, p. 747.
BDWA II.
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. 99.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 19 January 2015. http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=FB00009277
Twentieth Century Impressions, p. 31.
West Australian, 25 July 1927. |
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