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Electorates
- MLC East Metropolitan Region 22 May 2009-13 February 2010. Elected to the Thirty-eighth Parliament for the East Metropolitan Region on 6 September 2008 for term commencing 22 May 2009. Died 13 February 2010.
Committees
- Member, Public Administration and Finance Committee 4 June 2009-13 February 2010
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Personal Information |
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15 January 1946 |
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Possilpark, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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13 February 2010 |
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Ascot, Western Australia |
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Cremated at Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Arrived Western Australia 1976 |
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Son of William Ferguson, boilermaker, and Sarah Ferguson (grandparents/adopted parents) and Mary Ferguson (birth parent) |
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Married (1) 1967, Glasgow to June Mearns
Divorced
Married (2) 1979, Carnarvon to Anne Sinclair
Divorced
Partner to Tina Michelle O'Connor (nee Hockley), daughter of Kenneth Raymond Hockley and Barbara Brown
Children: three sons, three step-sons and two step-daughters |
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Catholic |
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St Agnes Primary School, Lambhill, Glasgow
St Augustine Secondary School, Milton, Glasgow
Stow College (Trade School), Glasgow-City and Guilds Trades Certificate Engineering
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Union secretary |
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Served apprenticeship as a fitter in the British Merchant Navy in Scotland, delegate for apprentice fitters in 1963
Marine engineer in British Merchant Navy, Scotland, for five years
Mechanical fitter, New Zealand 1972-1976
Mechanical fitter, Dampier Salt, Dampier and Carnarvon 1979-1986
Member, Amalgamated Metal Workers Union as North West Shelf, from 1986; organiser 1986-1988; union organiser, 1988-1990; Assistant State Secretary, July 1990-July 2000; State Secretary, July 2000-26 September 2008 |
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Resident, New Zealand, 1972-1976
Member, State Training Board, 1 October 2005-30 June 2008
Member, Construction Industry Long Service Leave Payments Board, 25 September 1997-May 2009
Member, State Supply Commission, 15 September 2003-December 2008
Member, Review Committee of the Operation and Effectiveness of the Building and Construction Industry, 21 January 2008-30 June 2008
Member, Western Australian Skills Advisory Board
Member, Western Australian Manufacturing Industry Consultative Council
Member, Oil and Gas Industry Coordinating Council
Member, AMC-Common Use Facility Liaison Committee
Member, Industry Capability Network Advisory Board
Member, Western Australian Labour Advisory Council, National Metal and Engineering and Related Services Industry Training Advisory Body, Western Australia Metals Manufacturing and Services Industry Training Council Board of Management, Industrial Supplies Office Advisory Committee, State Development Forum, and Minister Advisory Committee-Local Content
Member, Unions Western Australia (Trades and Labour Council Executive, Rules and Finance Committee, and Metals, Manufacturing and Engineering Workers Executive Industry Group
Delegate, Australian Council of Trade Unions Congress |
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David Black, and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia volume two, 1930-2010 (rev. ed.) addendum, Perth, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, 2011, p. 1.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board webiste. Accessed online 30 June 2022.https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=f8ab88c7-ff1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c2d3 |
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 Ferguson, John Kilday, Condolence Motion.pdf
 Ferguson, Jock, Condolence Motion LC.pdf |