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Electorates
- MLC Metropolitan-Suburban Province, 29 August 1900–21 May 1902
- Contested Metropolitan–Suburban Province, 12 May 1902
- Contested West Perth, 27 October 1905
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Personal Information |
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10 August 1856 |
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Wanganui, Wellington Province, New Zealand |
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9 July 1925 |
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Paris, France |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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1892 |
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Son of James, licensed publican, and Janet Montgomery |
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Married (1) 25 March 1894, St John's Church, Perth to Louisa Katherine Carey (nee Hester) (born circa January 1856), widow of Henry S Carey (who died 1889), daughter of Edward Godfrey and Theodora Sophia Hall
No children
Widowed 15 November 1894
Married (2) 14 February 1895, residence of Mrs Hamersley, Wilberforce (near York) to Georgina Henrietta Spencer (born circa March 1872 and died 12 August 1942), daughter of Joseph and Louisa Morrison
No children |
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Not stated |
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Nelson College, University of New Zealand
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Lawyer |
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Entered law, articled to Travers and Olliver of Wellington
Practised at Auckland
Advised on American claim to Samoa
Entered practice as lawyer, Perth, 1892 |
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Member, Perth City Council, June 1897–November 1900 |
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Arrived Perth 1892 and left Perth, circa 1915 |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 185.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 15 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=6cca29d7-fa1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbaf |
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W.B. Kimberly, History of West Australia. A Narrative of her Past, together with biographies of her leading men, Melbourne: F.W. Niven and Co., 1897 (all page references relate to biographical section), p. 206–207.
Twentieth Century Impressions of Western Australia. Anon. P.H.W. Thiel: Perth, 1901, p. 27–28. |