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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)
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Personal Information |
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18 November 1866 |
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Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia |
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16 August 1920 |
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Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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1896 to Western Australia |
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William, engine driver, and Mary Ann James |
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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 |
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Congregational |
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South Geelong and matriculated Melbourne University, 1881
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Public servant |
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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 |
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Subiaco Municipal Council, 1 December 1900–31 May 1901
Mayor, December 1902–1904, December 1907–1908 |
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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 |
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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. |