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Electorates
- MLA North Perth, 27 October 1905–20 September 1908
- Contested North Perth, 28 June 1904, 11 September 1908
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Personal Information |
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14 October 1849 |
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Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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30 January 1936 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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1887 to WA |
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Son of George Forbes, general merchant, and Katherine Grant |
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Unmarried |
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Presbyterian |
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Local
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Real estate agent |
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Builder in Glasgow, 1877
Builder in Victoria, 1888-1893
Contractor, then real estate agent and sworn valuator until 1918 |
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Member, Perth City Council, 1897–1905 |
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Secretary, United Trades Committee
London, 1879
Secretary, United Trades Council, 1881–1887
To WA again in 1893
Justice of the Peace, 1906
Member, Caledonian Society serving as Chief and also secretary |
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JS Battye, ed, The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, Hussey and Gillingham, Adelaide, 1912-1913, p. 749.
D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, 2010, p. 35.
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume I. A-C, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 22 June 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=39c5fa15-fa1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbaf
West Australian, 28 October 1905. |
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