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Electorates
- MLA Northam, 28 June 1904–27 October 1905
- Contested Northam 24 October 1905, East Province 12 August 1907 (by-election), Northam 11 September 1908, 3 October 1911
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Personal Information |
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14 October 1873 |
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Salt Lakes, Lowan county, Victoria, Australia |
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3 August 1954 |
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Safety Bay, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Wesleyan area, section IC,
gravesite 0354 |
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To WA 1896 |
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Son of Alfred, auctioneer and farmer, and Caroline Rokasky |
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Married (1) 16 June 1897, residence of Charles Mulcahy, Perth to Florence Lavinia Snellgrove (born circa 1874), daughter of Edward and Charlotte Lancashire
Children: one daughter
Widowed 31 July 1898
Married (2) 13 September 1899, residence of Mrs Saunders, East Perth to Helen Waimea Annie Saunders (born circa 1876 and died 16 October 1968), daughter of William and Susan Ann Parsons
Children: four sons and four daughters |
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Methodist |
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1893 at college
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Farmer |
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Farmed with brother on selection in Wimmera, Victoria, 1890
Joined father in land and commission business, 1895
Land agent in Perth, 1896 and in Northam, after 1901
Lecturer, WA Lands Department, 1901
Fruitgrower, Northam, 1920
Farmed at Waeel, 1922–1937
Land agent and then retired at Safety Bay |
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Northam Municipal Council, 1908 |
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The Avon Valley Illustrated, p. 47–48.
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, 2010, p. 203.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 28 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=0389f26d-ca1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbf0
West Australian, 19 June 1904.
The Western Australia post office directory (1902–1937) |
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