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Electorates
- MLC Metropolitan–Suburban Province 6 January 1904 (by-election)–October 1911 (resigned)
- Contested Claremont 24 April 1901, 11 June 1902 (by-election), 3 October 1911, 21 October 1914, 14 September 1918 (by election, as Independent), Metropolitan–Suburban Province 14 May 1912
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Personal Information |
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29 July 1865 |
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Norwood, South Australia, Australia |
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5 April 1957 |
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Claremont, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of John, painter, and Mary Ann Ware |
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Married 31 March 1888, Wesley Church, Fremantle to Agnes Jane Read (born circa 1861), daughter of Mark and Ellen Barnard
Children: four sons and one daughter
Widowed 4 May 1944 |
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Methodist |
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Educated Prince Alfred College, Adelaide
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Salesperson and accountant |
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1878 employed by AMP Insurance Company
12 November 1884 came to WA to work in Perth office
1896 resigned position as Perth accountant for company and set up own firm as auditor and accountant
Later in estate agency |
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Claremont Municipal Council 1899–1901, 1903–1906
Mayor of Claremont November 1899–November 1901 |
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Justice of the Peace 1893
1900 chairman Perth District Board of Education
Chairman Karrakatta Cemetery Board of Trustees 1916–1924
Prominent temperance advocate
Methodist lay preacher
Treasurer for Methodist Ladies College |
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Black, David. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 118.
West Australian, 7 January 1904, 6 April 1957. |
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