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Electorates
- MLA Bunbury 29 October 1955 (by-election)–22 July 1962
Committees
- Chairman of Committees 1 July 1959–31 January 1962
- Member Joint House Committee 1956–1961
- Member Select Committee on the Uniformity of Liquid Fuel Prices 1956
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Personal Information |
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2 February 1913 |
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Bunbury, Western Australia |
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22 July 1962 |
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Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia |
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Bunbury Cemetery, WA |
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Son of Frederick William Roberts, retail proprietor and managing director, and Ethel Marion Forrest (niece of John Forrest) |
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Married 14 April 1951, Christ Church, Claremont to Dorothy Harriet Christey, daughter of Rupert Norman George Christey and Bertha Ann Phillips
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Bunbury State School and Bunbury High School
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Manager |
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Livestock auctioneer and salesman, Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mortgage Limited at Bunbury and Katanning 1930–1939
Joined WD and HO Wills May 1939
Enlisted Australian Imperial Forces 7 November 1939
Lieutenant 2/11 Battalion—promoted 8 May 1940—served in Europe, also with 72nd Battalion (2/33 from October 1940)
Discharged 1944
Managing director Thomas Hayward Pty Ltd 1944–1945, retained shareholding after entering Parliament and takeover by Boans Ltd |
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Chairman Bunbury Chamber of Commerce 1947–1948
Member South West Zone Development Committee 1948
Member Bunbury Harbour Board 1948–1955
Justice of Peace 1950
Member Return Services League of Australia
Member of numerous clubs including Apex, Rotary, South Western, Commercial, WA Club
Master Wellington Lodge No. 4 Grand Lodge of Western Australia
Member of numerous sporting clubs |
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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. 225. |
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