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Thomas John Heron
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Birth | | Date: 14 August 1879
Place: Great Extended near El Dorado, Ovens, Victoria, Australia |
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Parents | | Son of Thomas, miner, and Isabella Ann Gilbertson |
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Marriage and Family | | 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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Death | | Date: 30 October 1928
Place: Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia
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Religion | | Church of England |
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Occupation | | Miner |
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Employment History | | From 1901 on Eastern Goldfields near Menzies, miner at Kookynie |
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House | | MLA |
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Local Government Service | | |
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Party | | Labor |
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Date Elected | | 14 December 1920 |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by Thomas Heron |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1928 |
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Electorate | | Mount Leonora |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- MLA Mt Leonora 14 December 1920 (by-election)–30 October 1928
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Background/Membership | | After 1915 president and secretary Gwalia branch Miners’ Union |
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References | | 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 15 January 2015. http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KC00026382
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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Further Information | | 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 |
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