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State
Electorates
- MLC East Province 11 August 1923 (by-election)–21 May 1924
- Contested Avon 29 September 1917, East Province 10 May 1924
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Senator 1 July 1926–31 May 1936 (Country Party)
- Contested Senate 16 December 1922, 14 November 1925 (elected)
Committees
- Temporary Chairman of Committees 1932–1936
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Personal Information |
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3 January 1872 |
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Garvac, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia |
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31 May 1936 |
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Concord, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Rookwood Cemetery, NSW |
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Son of James, labourer and secretary of Wimmera Shire, and Mary Larkin |
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Married 30 March 1898, West Brunswick, Victoria (Presbyterian), to Annie Jane Nicholson (born circa 1875, Victoria), daughter of Donald and Clara Clark
Children: three sons and one daughter
Widowed |
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Methodist |
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Educated at Horsham
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Farmer |
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Farmer in Victoria when married , then to WA employed at Lancefield Gold Mine, Laverton and other mines
Commercial traveller Fremantle 1897
Fitter Kalgoorlie 1901 and 1903
1910 took up land to farm at Tammin |
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Member Executive of Primary Producers' Association, 1924–1925, general secretary
1928 delegate to Empire Parliamentary Association |
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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, 2010, p. 45.
J Rydon, A Biographical Register of the Commonwealth Parliament, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1975.
West Australian, 1 June 1936.
Who’s Who in Australia, 1927/35. |
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“Last Tribute To Senator Carroll”, The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955), Mon 13 Jul 1936.
Margaret Steven, The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, vol. 2, 1929-1962, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 2004, pp. 30-32. |