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Electorates
- MLA Mt Magnet, 24 June 1904–18 March 1939
Office
- Labor Party Whip, 1905–1911
- Speaker, 1 November 1911–13 February 1917
- Minister for Mines and Agriculture, 17 April 1924–30 April 1927; for Lands and Immigration 30 April 1927–23 April 1930, 24 April 1933–15 March 1939
Historical Notes
- Father of the House, April 1930–March 1939
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Personal Information |
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13 October 1877 |
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Pimlico, Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia |
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7 January 1953 |
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Mt Lawley, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA.
Roman Catholic area, section AC, gravesite 0384A |
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To WA 1897 |
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Son of Patrick, farmer, and Ellen Maloney |
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Married 19 April 1913, Sacred Heart Church, Highgate Hill to Flora Brown MacKinnon (born circa 1874 and died 6 January 1952), daughter of Lauchlan and Margaret Alexandria Collopy
No children
Widowed 6 January 1952 |
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Catholic |
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Educated Wardell State School, NSW
Trained as a teacher
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Miner |
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Joined Department of Public Instruction, NSW
To WA 1897, went goldmining in Murchison area
Secretary, Murchison district council Australian Workers Union
General secretary, Amalgamated Workers' Association 1904–1905
Miners’ representative, Arbitration Court
Owned farm near Mullewa
Agent-General for Western Australia, 15 March 1939–17 May 1947 |
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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. 197.
'Death of Mr. M.F. Troy after long illness' West Australian, 8 January 1953, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/49073237
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 20 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=f23244b2-521d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd |
| Bibliography |
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Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, vol 1, p. 338.
Erickson, Rica. Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1914, Vol 5, The Golden Years 1889-1914 (listed as Francis Troy) |