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Electorates
- MLA Warren, 23 March 1968–4 February 1989
Office
- Minister for Lands, Agriculture, Immigration (until 7 February 1973) and Forests (from 12 October 1971) 3 March 1971–8 April 1974
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition 1976–1977 and 1980–18 September 1981
- Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture also Lands and Forests (from 1980) 1974–1983
- Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Wildlife, assisting Minister for Forests (from 23 May 1983) and assisting Minister for Conservation and Land Management (from 22 March 1985) 25 February 1983–26 February 1986
Committees
- Member, Honorary Royal Commission inquiring into the Marketing and Distribution of Beef and Sheep Meat Products September 1975–October 1976
Royal Commissions
- Member, Honorary Royal Commission inquiring into Dairy Products and Market Milk 30 September 1981–1982
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented Western Australia branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association on visit to Britain 1977
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Personal Information |
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20 December 1924 |
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Penygraig, Rhondda South, Glamorgan, South Wales, United Kingdom |
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3 September 2019 |
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Western Australia |
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Manjimup Lawn Cemetery, Plot 361 |
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Tudor Evans, boiler attendant and commercial traveller, and Tydfil Irene Tiley (nee Davis) |
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Married 5 January 1952, St Martin’s Church, Manjimup to Betty June Rice, daughter of Richard John and Betsy Alice Hourd
Children: one son and two daughters |
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Anglican |
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Pemberton State School, Bunbury High School
Claremont Teachers College, 1946
University of Western Australia—Bachelor of Arts, Teachers Higher Certificate
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Teacher |
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Monitor teacher, Pemberton, 1942
Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 2 January 1943
- Served in aircrew—gunner
- Reached rank of Warrant Officer
- In Northern Territory, 25 August 1944–6 October 1944, and in South West Pacific (New Guinea), 9 November 1944–12 January 1945, operational flights, 15 January 1945–30 June 1945
- Discharged 17 September 1945
Teacher, Bakers Hill, 1947
Teacher, Capel River, 1947–1949
Regional supervisor, Junior Farmers, Mt Barker, 1949–1950
Teacher, Pemberton, 1951–1957
Deputy headmaster, Pemberton Junior High School, 1958–1963
Senior master, Manjimup Senior High School, 1963–1968 |
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Member of the Order of Australia (AM) awarded 13 June 1993 in recognition of service to the Western Australian Parliament and to agriculture |
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Member, Pemberton and Manjimup Hospital Boards
Member, Manjimup Historical Society
Member, Good Neighbour Council
Chairman, working party to investigate the future of Midland Livestock Saleyards from September 1989
Chairman, Karri–D’Entrecasteaux National Park Advisory Committee of CALM (Department of Conservation and Land Management), 1988–1994 and member, Shannon–D’Entrecasteaux National Parks Advisory Committee from 1998
Chairman, Windy Harbour Advisory Committee of Manjimup Shire Council, 1988–1998
Member, Pemberton and Manjimup Golf Clubs and president, Lower South West Football League
Organiser, Pemberton Youth Club
Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree
Honorary Freeman, Shire of Manjimup, 23 January 2014
Italian/Australian Friendship Award recipient
Published:
- Lookouts in the Karri Country, 1993
- Southern Sketches, 1993
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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. 84.
Email correspondence with Manjimup Shire, 23 January 2023 |
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 Evans, Hywel David, Vale.pdf |