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Edward Hamersley
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Birth | | Date: 1 September 1835
Place: Paris, France |
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Arrival in WA |  | To WA with family 28 February 1837 on Shepherd |
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Parents |  | Son of Edward Hamersley, farmer, and Anne Louise (Elvira) Corneille
Brother of Samuel Richard Hamersley and brother-in-law of John Forrest, Charles and Andrew Dempster |
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Marriage and Family |  | Married 4 February 1867, St Matthew’s Church, Guildford to Jane McLean Dempster (born 19 March 1840), daughter of James McLean and Ann Ellen Pratt
Children: seven sons and three daughters
Widowed 1 April 1913 |
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Death |  | Date: 14 January 1921
Place: York, Western Australia
Cemetery: Northam Cemetery, Western Australia
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Religion |  | Church of England |
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Education |  | Educated France and England |
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Occupation |  | Farmer |
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Employment History |  | Pastoralist 1853 managed family horse station at Richmond, Williams district
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House |  | MLC |
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Date Elected |  | 24 December 1890 |
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Speeches |  | Search for speeches by Edward Hamersley |
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Year Retired/Resigned |  | 1894 |
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Electorate |  | Toodyay |
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Parliamentary Service |  | Electorates
- Nominated MLC 24 December 1890–June 1894
- Contested East Province 16 July 1894
- MLC Toodyay 29 September 1874–6 October 1875 (resigned); York 11 February 1880–27 October 1884
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Background/Membership |  | To France 1843–1850; to WA again 1850
Owned Pyrton near Guildford
Later owned Wilberforce and Woodside, York |
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References |  | Battye II, p. 485–86
Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 88
BDWA II
Eastern Districts Chronicle, 21 January 1921
Western Mail, 10 February 1921
Who's Who in Australia, (1906) |
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