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State (WA)
Electorates
- MLA Nannine 5 July 1894–May 1897
- Central Murchison May 1897–24 April 1901
- Cue 24 April 1901–27 June 1904
- West Perth 27 October 1905–13 August 1907 (resigned)
- Contested Cue 28 June 1904
Office
- Leader of the Opposition August 1900–May 1901
- Colonial Treasurer and Colonial Secretary 27 May–21 November 1901, 23 December 1901–30 June 1902
Committees
- Chairman of Committees 3 December 1903–27 June 1904, 30 November 1905–13 August 1907
State (Victoria)
Electorates
- MLC Northern Province (Victoria) July 1889–1891 (seat declared vacant)
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Personal Information |
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24 September 1844 |
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Little Horton, near Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
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8 September 1908 |
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Brighton, Victoria, Australia |
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Melbourne Cemetery, Victoria |
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To Western Australia 1890 |
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Son of James, woolcomber, and Sarah Irving |
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Marriage (1) 5 September 1867, George St Church (Baptist), Carlton, Victoria, to Elizabeth Tarry, (born circa 1845), daughter of Joseph and Penelope Sharp
Children: one son and one daughter
Marriage (2) 18 November 1896, Christian Chapel, Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, to Jane McGregor (born circa 1854), daughter of William
No children |
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Church of Christ |
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Real estate agent |
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1848 worked in ironmongery trade, Brighton, Melbourne
Late 1870s estate agent with JR Hoskins, acquired pastoral property at Yalook- business failed
1883 opened ironmongery business, electroplated goods in Melbourne
1888 founder and major share holder Centennial Land Bank, bank incurred large debts
1890 in business as land and estate agent, WA
Invested in several mines in Murchison
1897 owner Rose Pearl mine, Mt Magnet
Not released from sequestration by creditors until 1903 |
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To Victoria with parents 1848
Became lifelong advocate of temperance
Granted £1,000 by Western Australia Government to compensate for financial proceedings against him in Victoria |
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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. 104 |
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G. C. Bolton, 'Illingworth, Frederick (1844–1908)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/illingworth-frederick-6789/text11659, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 22 December 2015.
M Cannon, The Land Boomer, Melbourne University Press: Carlton, 1966.
R Erickson, ed, Dictionary of Western Australians, 1829-1914. Volume 5. The golden years, 1889-1914, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, 1986.
WB Kimberly, History of West Australia. A narrative of her past, together with biographies of her leading men, FW Niven and Co, Melbourne, 1897, p. 58–59.
Twentieth Century Impressions of Western Australia, PWH Thiel, Perth, 1901, p. 32.
West Australian 28 October 1905.
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