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Electorates
- MLA West Perth 25 March 1950–14 February 1953
- Contested West Perth 14 February 1953
Committees
- Chairman Select Committees on the Perpetual Executors, Trustees and Agency Co (WA) Ltd and WA Trustee, Executor and Agency Co Ltd Acts Amendment (Private) Bills 1951
- Member Joint Select Committee on Kauri Timber Company Ltd Agreement Bill 1950
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Personal Information |
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4 August 1885 |
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Marple, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom |
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26 December 1959 |
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Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Arrived WA 1903 |
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Son of Charles Totterdell, bricklayer and brick manufacturer, and Mary Ann Smith |
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Married 10 October 1910, Trinity Church, Perth to Florence Watson (born circa 1889 and died 21 December 1942), saleswoman, daughter of Robert George and Mary Ann Savage
Children: one son (killed in World War II) and one daughter
Widowed 21 December 1942 |
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Congregational |
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Educated State schools In Manchester until age 13 years
Apprenticed to bricklaying trade after leaving school
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Builder |
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In 1904 formed Totterdell Bros Ltd, builders, in Perth
Retired from active business in 1939 then travelled extensively |
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Perth City Council 1931–1945
Mayor of Perth 24 November 1945–1953
While Lord Mayor of Perth tried to introduce backless coat |
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Knight (Kt) (1953) |
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Spent one year on goldfields with his brothers
President WA Master Builders’ Association
Federal President Master Builders of Australasia at World Conference 1936
Director Broadway Pictures Ltd
Justice of the Peace
Member Commercial Travellers Association |
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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. 259.
Ferguson, Alan. Leading Personalities of Western Australia, p. 25.
West Australian, 27 March 1950.
Who's Who Australia, (1950) |
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