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Electorates
- MLA South Fremantle 28 November 1890–13 September 1892 (resigned)
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Personal Information |
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12 March 1859 |
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Murray Place, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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21 March 1924 |
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Chiswick, Brentford, Middlesex, England |
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1881 |
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Son of James, cabinet maker, and Elizabeth Sutherland and brother of Sir Josiah Symon (SA MHA 1881–1887, Senator 1901–1913, Minister of Crown 1904–1905) |
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Married 27 August 1885, Wick, Scotland, (Free Church) to Margaret Reiach (born circa 1860), daughter of James and Margaret Telfer Corner
Children: at least two sons and three daughters
Widowed (?) |
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Not stated |
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Businessperson and auctioneer |
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With Harrold Brothers, merchants and shipping agents
General merchant by mid 1880s
Established Symon, Hammond and Hubble (partner with George Yorke Hubble)
Later described as general furnishing and builders’ ironmonger, Perth
Commission and insurance agent
By circa 1898 auctioneer and general merchant in London residing at Chiswick
At time of death described as export merchant |
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Arrived in Western Australia circa 1881
Mid 1880s living at Fremantle
Member Perth Stock Exchange
Justice of the Peace, 1891
1892 resigned and left for England
Keen golfer |
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Australian Directory, 1895–1947.
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. 191.
West Australian, 8 April 1924.
Western Mail, 22 November 1890.
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