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Electorates
- MLA Albany 15 February 1936–7 April 1956
- Contested Albany 12 April 1930, 7 April 1956
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees 1947–1956
- Member Select Committee on the Disposal of Potatoes in WA 1949
Royal Commissions
- Member Hon Royal Commission on the Development of the Outports of the State 1945–1946
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Personal Information |
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22 November 1886 |
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Hamley Bridge, South Australia, Australia |
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21 July 1963 |
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Albany Regional Hospital, Western Australia |
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Albany Regional Cemetery, Western Australia |
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To WA 1898 |
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Son of George James, Hill, butcher, and Minnie Eugenia Gitsham |
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Married (1) 22 April 1909, Wesley Church, Albany to Elsie Jane James (born circa 1881), daughter of Thomas Albert James and Mary Rogers Champion
Children: two sons and two daughters
Widowed 4 December 1934
Married (2) 27 April 1937, St Mary’s Church, West Perth (Church of England) to Benedicta Etta Victoria Whitfield, daughter of George Benjamin Whitfield and Henrietta Mary Growse
Children: one son |
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Methodist |
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Educated South Australia and Christian Brothers' College Albany
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Orchardist and farmer |
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In 1909 working as plumber in Lower Kalgan
From circa 1910 fruit growing and mixed farming at Kalgan River, initially with brother-in-law, Astley James |
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Albany Road Board 4 April 1923–April 1927 |
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President Albany Fruitgrowers’ Association from 1928, member State Executive Fruit Growers’ Association
Member Albany Chamber of Commerce
Member Primary Producers Association in 1920s |
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Albany Advertiser, 23 July 1963.
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. 121-122.
West Australian, 19 February 1936, 22 July 1963.
Who's Who in Australia (1950) |
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