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MLA |
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Opposition to Forrest Party |
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10 December 1891 |
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Geraldton |
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Electorates
- MLA Geraldton 10 December 1891 (by-election)–27 June 1899 (resigned)
- Contested Geraldton 12 July 1899 (by-election)
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1899 |
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Personal Information |
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7 June 1856 |
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Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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7 August 1906 |
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George Street, Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA.
Anglican area, section DA,
gravesite 0084 |
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1888 |
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Son of James Simpson, publican, and Maria Hawthorne |
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Married (1) 3 February 1885, St Philip’s Church, Sydney to Phoebe Theresa Bergin (born circa 1864), daughter of Adolphus and Catherine Bourke
No children
Widowed 8 September 1885
Married (2) 17 January 1890, St George’s Cathedral, Perth to Alice Feodor Sagar (born 1868 and died 9 August 1948), daughter of John Temple
Children: one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Sydney Grammar School and High School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Studied for the Bar
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Stockbroker, businessperson and consul |
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Entered commercial life in New Zealand, 1873
Moved to Gisborne, 1878. Unsuccessful oil venture
Travelling superintendent, NZ Grain Agency and Mercantile Co
Stock and sharebroker, Broken Hill, NSW, 1883
Storekeeper, NSW, 1885
First secretary, Perth Stock Exchange
Resigned to float Fraser Mine, Southern Cross, chairman of directors
Many interests in gold mines: Board member, Mining Journal and chairman, Nannine Gold Mining Co – and in Cooringa Vineyard Co Ltd
Farm in south-west
Consul for Liberia, 1895 |
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Bankrupt in 1899 and invalided from that year, in Perth Public Hospital, until 1903 when he became the first patient at the Home of Peace, Subiaco |
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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. 181.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 14 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=a395781f-f11c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd |
Bibliography |
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R Erickson, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume IV
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. 36–37.
Western Mail, 11 August 1906.
West Australian, 8 August 1906. |