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Electorates
- MLC North East Province, 22 May 1930–15 September 1932
- Contested North East Province, 12 May 1928
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Personal Information |
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22 September 1865 |
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Auckland, New Zealand |
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15 September 1932 |
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Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of William and Anne Jefferies |
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Married 30 June 1896, Baptist Church, Ballarat, Victoria, Florence Lillian May Hollway (May 1870–July 1967), daughter of John William and Sarah Ann Tuke
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Presbyterian |
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In Victoria as young boy
Educated at Ballarat High School and School of Mines
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Metallurgist and businessperson |
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Went to South Africa circa 1893 as metallurgical assayer, worked for Johannesburg Gold Recovery Company
Established first cyanide plant in Spitzkop district in Transvaal
Moved to Victoria circa 1896, first plant established at Ballarat School of Mines
Opened practice in Kalgoorlie after 1905, firm treated tailings and sulphide ore, in partnership with M Howells from circa 1907 and David H Don from 1910 |
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Councillor, Kalgoorlie Town, 1917
Kalgoorlie Municipal Council, 3 November 1921–November 1930
Mayor, 22 November 1922–November 1927 |
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Foundation member, Metallurgical and Chemical Society
Vice-president, Institute of Assayers and Metallurgists, Victoria
Retired to Perth
Captain, Kalgoorlie Rifle Club and president National Rifle Association of WA |
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Battye II, p. 896.
D Black and G Bolton, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011.
Dictionary of Western Australia, p. 5.
Kalgoorlie Mail, 7 May 1930, 19 May 1930, 16 September 1932.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 13 November 2013,https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=b473d576-ef1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd
West Australian, 17 September 1932. |
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