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Electorates
- MLC North-East Province, 22 May–21 June 1916
- Died before taking seat
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Personal Information |
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26 June 1872 |
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Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia |
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21 June 1916 |
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Boulder, Western Australia |
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Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of James, miner and Rebecca Watts |
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Married 26 June 1912, West Perth to Elizabeth Evelyn Lalor (born circa 1876 and died 13 August 1929), son of Michael Francis and Catherine Mullhall
Children: one daughter |
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Catholic |
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Prospector and union secretary |
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Prospector, Mt Margaret field, usually alone, also Mt Clifford, 1895–1916
Secretary, Murrin Murrin Miners’ Union, 1905
Secretary, Gwalia Miners’ Union, 1910–1914
General secretary, Miners’ Federation, 1915–1916 |
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Attended conferences Leaseholders' and Prospectors’ Association, Kalgoorlie
Resident, Leonora, 1912 |
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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. 86.
Kalgoorlie Miner, 22 June 1916.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 30 June 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=023f31d2-e71c-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbaf
West Australian, 17 May, 22 June 1916. |
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