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Electorates
- MLC East Province 5 August 1904 (by-election)–24 October 1946. Election May 1916 declared void but returned at by-election
- Contested Toodyay 24 April 1901 (Independent)
Historical Notes
- Father of the House 15 April 1921–24 October 1946
- Served longest term as member of Legislative Council (42 years, 2 months and 19 days)
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Personal Information |
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18 March 1871 |
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Guildford, Western Australia |
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24 October 1946 |
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West Perth, Western Australia |
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Culham Cemetery, Toodyay, Western Australia |
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Son of Samuel Richard Hamersley, pastoralist and farmer, and Matilda Brown |
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Married 6 August 1895, St Peters Church, Beverley to Clara Hicks (born circa July 1870), daughter of Joseph and Rosina Snow
Children: one son and two daughters
Widowed 27 June 1944 |
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Church of England |
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Educated Guildford Grammar School, Magdalen College School, Oxford and Downton Agricultural College, Salisbury
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Farmer |
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Farmed with father in York until 1895
Inherited ‘Hasely’, Toodyay from his grandfather which he developed as a farm and stud |
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Returned to WA 1889
Spent short time on goldfields
Part-owner Mt Barnett cattle station, Kimberley
Justice of the Peace, 1900
1902–1908 Advisory Board of Agriculture
Chairman Producers’ Union
Vice-president Pastoralists Association
President local Agricultural Society
Agricultural Producers’ Markets Ltd
Member Royal Agricultural Society, Weld Club
President Newcastle Race Club
Toodyay Road Board 1899–1906, one time chairman |
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The Avon Valley Ill
Battye I, 327
BDWA II
Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 89.
Twentieth Century Impressions, p. 708. |
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