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Electorates
- MLA Claremont 14 September 1918 (by-election)–12 March 1921
- Contested Avon 29 September 1917
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Personal Information |
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7 April 1870 |
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Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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6 June 1949 |
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St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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1890 |
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Robert, carpenter, civil servant and business manager, and Sophia Ross |
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Married 15 April 1895, Scots Church, Fremantle to Esther Mary Markwell (born circa 1876), daughter of James and Mary Ann Varian
Children: one son and one daughter
Widowed 30 January 1943 |
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Presbyterian |
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Businessperson and publican |
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1893 to Kalgoorlie for gold rush
1895 floated Croesus South United Mine
1902–1904 chief inspector of building branch
Post war reconstruction South Africa
1904 farmer and stockholder, Merredin
Licensee of Merredin Hotel 1907–1947
Part proprietor Merredin Mercury 1912–1920
1912 floated Edna May Gold Mining Company, Westonia, also Bronco and Horseshoe gold mines, Marvel Loch |
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Moved to Cottesloe 1917
Returned to Merredin 1921
Retired to Cottesloe circa 1936 and Mt Lawley |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of
FA Law, The History of the Merredin District, Merredin, 1961, p. 41).
Raeside
West Australian, 16 September 1918
The Western Australia post office directory, Wise & Co, Perth, WA, 1910–21
Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, p. 68. |
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