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Electorates
- MLA Claremont, 7 April 1956–23 March 1968
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees, 1959–1968
- Secretary, Parliamentary Liberal Party and at Liberal–Country Party meetings, 1958
- Member, Library Committee, 1956–1968
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented Western Australia branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at General Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 1965
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Personal Information |
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9 April 1903 |
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West Perth, Western Australia |
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20 May 1998 |
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Bethesda Hospital, Claremont, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Reginald Crommelin, clerk, and Annie Florence Loton
Grandson of Sir William Thorley Loton |
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Married 1 June 1926, St Mary’s Church, West Perth to Peggy Noreen Taylor (born circa August 1908 and died 11 December 1999), daughter of Hubert James and Vera Constance Dann
Children: two sons |
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Church of England |
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Toowoomba Grammar School, 1911–1913 and Hale School, 1914–1919
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Businessperson |
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Worked as jackeroo on farms for estate of Sir Winthrop Hackett, JJ Holmes, JJ Felsted and Estate of Arthur Loton, 1919–1924
Farmer “Elderslie” Pingelly, 1924–November 1929
Car salesman for Winterbottoms Limited for two years during Depression
Clerk (debtors/ledgers) Burridge and Warren, 1933–1934
Studied accountancy and worked part-time
Partner in Furs and Leathers of Rivervale and Aqua Proofing Company, 1937–1956
Producer of leather goods, oil skins and water proofing
Commissioned during war to make army great coats
Director, Bouchers Industries, 1956–1960 |
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Claremont Municipal Council, 14 November 1953–3 May 1963 |
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Member, Chamber of Manufactures
Commodore, Claremont Yacht Club, 1950–1952
Member, Claremont Swimming Club and Football Club
Retired after 1968 and continued to live in Claremont
Volunteer, Claremont Police Boys’ Club |
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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. 58. |
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