Parliamentary Service |
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14 August 1943 |
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East Perth |
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State
Electorates
- MLA East Perth, 14 August 1943 (by-election)–31 March 1962
- MLA Balcatta, 31 March 1962–30 May 1973 (resigned)
Office
- Minister for Housing, Forests & Transport (from 20 April 1956), 23 February 1953–2 April 1959
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition, 1 January 1967–3 March 1971
- Deputy Premier, Minister for Industrial Development (Development from 12 October 1971) & Decentralisation, Town Planning (until 6 July 1972) and the North-West (from 12 October 1971), 3 March 1971–30 May 1973
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Perth (House of Representatives) 15 September 1934, Senate, 21 September 1940
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Personal Information |
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6 April 1911 |
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Narrogin, Western Australia |
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17 March 1982 |
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Osborne Park Hospital, Western Australia |
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Memorialised at Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of William Lefevre, farmer and Thekla Emma Pustkuchen
Uncle of Larry Graham |
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Married (1) 15 January 1936, Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Perth to Norma Eileen Wilson, daughter of Albert and Helena Marjori McPherson
Children: two sons and one daughter
Divorced 17 October 1951
Married (2) 5 January 1952, District Registry Office Cannington to Beryl Grace Kirkby, daughter of Frederick William and Ada May Mitchell
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Not stated |
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Narrogin Primary School and Northam High School
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Drafter |
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Cadet draftsman, Lands and Surveys Department, 1928–1934
Draftsman, Forests Department, May 1934–1943 (first class draftsman from 1941) |
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Moved to Perth as a teenager
Chairman, Licensing Court, 1 June 1973–31 May 1976
Member, board of directors, Australian Natives Association from 1930
Conceived and inaugurated Western Australia Week, 1973
Patron and life member, Western Australian Debating League
Life member, Italian Club, awarded Cavaliere Ufficole of Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Life member, East Perth Football Club, Osborne Park Bowling Club, Forrest Park Bowling Club
Life member, Western Australian Tree Society |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 76-77.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 22 June 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=9f7d21a1-f61c-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbaf |
| Bibliography |
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David Black, 'Graham, Herbert Ernst (1911–1982)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/graham-herbert-ernst-12557/text22605, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 21 December 2015. |