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Members’ biographical register

Henry Daglish

House

MLA

Party

Labor Member Subiaco Political Labor League Independent Labor 1905–1908 then Liberal

Date first elected

24 April 1901

Year Retired/Resigned

1911

Electorate(s)

Subiaco

Inaugural Speech

Daglish, Henry, Inaugural Speech.pdf

Parliamentary Service

Service

State (Western Australia)

Electorates

MLA Subiaco, 24 April 1901–3 October 1911
Contested Subiaco, 3 October 1911, 21 October 1914

Office

Labor Party Whip, 1901
Leader of Parliamentary Labor Party from 1903
Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Education, 10 August 1904–25 August 1905
Resigned as Party Leader, September 1905
Minister of Works, 16 September 1910–3 October 1911

Committees

Chairman of Committees, 20 August 1907–16 September 1910

Historical Notes

First Labor Premier of Western Australia

State (Victoria)

Electorates

Contested South Melbourne, 1894 (by-election)

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Birth date

18 November 1866

Place of birth

Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia

Death date

16 August 1920

Cause of death

Place of death

Subiaco, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

1896 to Western Australia

Parents

William, engine driver, and Mary Ann James

Marriage and Family

Married 20 August 1894, Carlton, Victoria to Edith May Bishop (born circa 1869–died 28 May 1946), daughter of Charles and Fanny Ann Hockridge
Children: one son and one daughter

Religion

Congregational

Education

South Geelong and matriculated Melbourne University, 1881

Occupation

Public servant

Employment History

Apprenticed to mechanical engineering, Humble and Nicholson’s foundry
Clerk, Victorian Police Department, 28 July 1883
Secretary of United Public Service Association, by June 1895
Went into business, September 1895
Assistant to chief clerk, Police Department
Resigned to enter business as auctioneer’s accountant, legal manager
Estate agent, from 1912
Employers’ representative, State Arbitration Court, 1912-1920

Local Government

Subiaco Municipal Council, 1 December 1900–31 May 1901 Mayor, December 1902–1904, December 1907–1908

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

References

David Black, and Geoffrey Bolton, Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia volume one 1870-1930, Perth: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, 2001, p. 58.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 28 June 2022https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=fa07aaf4-f51c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c4b9

Bibliography

Further Information

H. J. Gibbney, 'Daglish, Henry (1866–1920)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/daglish-henry-5862/text9969, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 17 December 2015.