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MLA |
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Liberal |
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18 July 1896 |
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Fremantle |
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Electorates
- MLA Fremantle, 18 July 1896 (by-election)–28 June 1904
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1904 |
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Personal Information |
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14 September 1856 |
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Fremantle, Western Australia |
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23 July 1927 |
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Fremantle, Western Australia |
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Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia. Congregational area, Mon D section. |
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Son of John Henry, baker and merchant, and Mary Ann Phipps and brother of Edward Henry Higham |
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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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Congregational |
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Educated Fremantle Boys’ School, Bishop Hale’s School, Perth and Camden Collegiate School, Sydney
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Real estate agent |
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Joined mother in business as produce merchant, M Higham and Sons
Later became estate agent |
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Foundation member, Fremantle Chamber of Council
Member, WA Shipping Association
Chairman, Technical School Advisory Board
Member, 1st Fremantle Hospital Board
Volunteer, Fire Brigade, 1885
Member, Fremantle Municipal Council, 1890–1897 |
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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. 99.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 5 July 2022.https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=4a69f1ba-ff1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbf0 |
| Bibliography |
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Battye I, p. 747.
BDWA II.
Twentieth Century Impressions, p. 31.
West Australian, 25 July 1927. |