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Electorates
- MLC East Province (Central Province after 1950) 22 May 1936–3 January 1952
Office
- Hon Minister for Agriculture 5 January 1948–24 October 1950
- Hon Minister for the North-West 6 April 1950–24 October 1950
- Minister for Agriculture 24 October 1950–3 January 1952
Committees
- Member Select Committee on Third Party Risks under the Traffic Act 1940
Royal Commissions
- Member Hon Royal Commission inquiring into the Care and Reform of Youthful Delinquents 1942–1943
Historical Notes
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Personal Information |
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1 July 1888 |
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Fremantle, Western Australia |
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3 January 1952 |
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Perth, Western Australia, while attending a Cabinet meeting in the Treasury building |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Barrington Clark Wood, merchant and politician, and Mary Louisa Whitfield |
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Married (1) 19 March 1917, ‘Lowlands’, Mardella (Presbyterian) to Gillian Hawthorne Joy Richardson (born circa 1894), daughter of Alexander Robert Richardson and Ellen Bates Wellard
Children: two daughters
Widowed 4 April 1921
Married (2) 29 April 1925, St Mary’s Church, West Perth to Eveline Beatrice Parker (born circa 1898 and died 1 July 1985), daughter of John William Parker and Gertrude Stephanie Monger
Children: two daughters |
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Church of England |
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Educated Hale School, Perth
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Farmer |
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Employed in Chief Accountant’s office, Railways Department
Six years as overseer Mardie Station, Fortescue |
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York Road Board 9 April 1932–March 1951 |
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In 1912 moved to Carolup via Katanning as farmer
At ‘Carnegie’, Narrogin 1917–1918, and then by 1921 Green Valley, York
Moved to Bassendean 1950
Held executive positions in Primary Producers' 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. 285.
West Australian, 4 January 1952. |
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