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MLA |
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Labor |
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14 December 1920 |
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Mount Leonora |
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Electorates
- MLA Mt Leonora, 14 December 1920 (by-election)–30 October 1928
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Personal Information |
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14 August 1879 |
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Great Extended near El Dorado, Ovens, Victoria, Australia |
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30 October 1928 |
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Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia. Anglican area, BA section. |
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Son of Thomas, miner, and Isabella Ann Gilbertson |
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Married 17 February 1902, Kookynie to Wilhelmina Annie Ahrens (born circa 1881 and died 12 August 1966), daughter of Wilhelm Ahrens and Annie Timmons
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Miner |
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From 1901, on Eastern Goldfields near Menzies, miner at Kookynie |
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President and secretary, Gwalia branch Miners’ Union, after 1915 |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1890-1930, p. 97.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 5 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=928a82e8-951d-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbf0
MR. T. J. HERON. (1928, October 4). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 18. Retrieved July 25, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32227666 |
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TRAGIC AFFAIR AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE. (1928, October 4). Geraldton Guardian (WA : 1906 - 1928), p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67161712 |