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Electorates
- MLA Moore 20 September 1958 (by-election)–30 March 1974
Office
- Minister for Education, Electricity (until 12 April 1962) and Native Welfare (from 12 April 1962) 1 February 1962–3 March 1971
- Deputy Leader of the Country Party 1962–1974
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Personal Information |
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12 February 1902 |
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Fremantle, Western Australia |
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26 April 1992 |
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Doubleview, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Joseph Henry Lewis, locomotive engineer (chief boiler inspector), and Sarah Ellen Mead |
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Married 18 April 1928, Presbyterian Church, Popanyinning to Millicent Grace Lange (daughter 26 August 1996), daughter of Sydney Lars Emil Lange and Emma Mary Crosby
Children: three sons and three daughters |
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Uniting Church |
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Educated at Plympton Primary School and Fremantle Boys School
Left school at end of 1915
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Farmer |
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Worked on family farm till September 1923 then as a farmhand at Pithara
From 1924 with younger brother pioneered a farm at Miling on 1916 acres
Acquired from Midland Railway Co
Subsequently acquired three farms and continued their development until 1958
Member Volunteer Defence Corps-Sergeant
After leaving Parliament lived in retirement at Doubleview |
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Moora Road Board November 1936–April 1939 |
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From circa 1930 member Primary Producers' Association later Farmers’ Union and Primary Industry Association
Executive member and president Miling Zone Council of Farmers’ Union
Foundation chairman of directors Miling Co-operative, director Wesfarmers’ Co-operative
Trustee Wheat Pool (later Grain Pool) of WA
Delivered Meals on Wheels for 12 years
Secretary and president Miling Parents & Citizens
For many years office holder in numerous sporting bodies such as in rifle shooting, tennis, bowls and golf |
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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. 151.
West Australian, 25 September 1958. |
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