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Electorates
- MLC South East Province 16 July 1894–May 1900
- MLC East Province 30 October 1901 (by-election)–2 May 1902
- Contested South East Province 14 May 1900
Delegations
- Delegate Australasian Federal Convention, 1897–1898
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Personal Information |
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21 January 1856 |
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
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2 May 1902 |
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Cottesloe, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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William Nathaniel, aerated waters manufacturer, and Emily Hayward |
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Married 17 March 1877, St Luke's Church, Adelaide, South Australia to Annie Imelda Fitzpatrick (born circa 1855), daughter of George
Children: one daughter
Widowed 21 January 1886
Married 9 May 1886, St George’s Cathedral, Perth to Mary Ann Linto (born circa May 1862), daughter of William and Mary Neddan
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Catholic |
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Adelaide, South Australia
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Manufacturer |
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Worked in father’s firm
1878 established aerated waters business at Fremantle, soon become colony’s leading manufacturer of aerated waters
Firm later known as Crowder & Letchford, survived 100 years
1884 purchased part-ownership in Fremantle Herald which in 1886 was merged with Perth Daily News and Morning Herald
Became a director of its publishers, Stirling Brothers and Company Limited, chairman 1900–1902
By 1895 member Perth Stock Exchange, speculating in the Coolgardie gold-mining boom
Many years chairman Perth Gas Company |
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Perth City Council 1885–1891 |
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Implacable critic of CY O’Connor and Coolgardie water pipeline scheme
Consistent opponent of federation but served as a delegate to the 1897–1898 sessions of the Australasian Federal Convention |
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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. 56. |
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G. C. Bolton, 'Crowder, Frederick Thomas (1856–1902)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/crowder-frederick-thomas-5832/text9905, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 17 December 2015. |