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Electorates
- MLA Williams 2 December 1890–30 May 1904; Katanning 30 May 1904–26 October 1909 (resigned)
Office
- Commissioner for Railways and Director of Public Works 1 April 1896–23 August 1900
- Acting Premier 1900
- Leader of the Opposition June 1901–November 1901
Delegate
- WA delegate to Federal Convention 1897
Historical Notes
- Father of the House October 1905–October 1909
- Four Piesse brothers served in the Parliament of Western Australia including Frederick's brothers, Alfred, Arnold and Charles.
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Personal Information |
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1853 |
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Northam, Western Australia |
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29 June 1912 |
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Kobeelya, Katanning, Western Australia |
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Katanning Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of William Roper, policeman and magistrate, and Elizabeth Ellen Oxley
Brother of Alfred Napoleon Piesse, Arnold Edmund Piesse and Charles Austin Piesse |
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Married 18 October 1877, School House, Kojonup to Mary Jane Elizabeth Chipper (born circa January 1854–died 1936), daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Maley
Children: four sons, including Harold Vivian Piesse, and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated state schools at Guildford and Northam
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Farmer and miller |
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1872 pearling at Shark Bay
Postmaster and telegraphist at Williams 1875-1880
From 1880 in partnership with brother Charles, storekeeper, established milling and importing business in Williams district and then Katanning |
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Williams Road Board 1880–1889, chairman 1886–1889
Katanning Road Board 1889–1896 |
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) 1908 |
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Justice of the Peace, 1889
Member Board of Agriculture January 1894–June 1896 |
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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. 162. |
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Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, vol 1, p. 358–59.
Merle Bignell, 'Piesse, Frederick Henry (1853–1912)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/piesse-frederick-henry-8047/text14035, published first in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 11 January 2016.
Merle Bignell, A Place to Meet.
Rica Erickson, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume III.
Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia, p. 34.
West Australian, 1 July 1912. |