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Electorates
- MLC Metropolitan Province, 16 July 1894–21 May 1902
- Contested East Perth, 10 December 1890, Metropolitan Province 1902
- MLC Metropolitan Province, 22 May 1918–13 October 1919
Commonwealth
- Senator for WA, 20 May 1903 (appointed to fill casual vacancy)–31 December 1903
- Contested Senate, March 1901, 16 December 1903
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Personal Information |
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16 February, 1855 |
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Brompton, Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom |
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13 October 1919 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA.
Anglican Area, AA section, 0173A |
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Arrived in Western Australian 1884 |
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Son of Thomas Bush, barrister, and Maria Albers (nee Pedder) |
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Married (1) 26 July 1887, Parish Church Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England to Elizabeth Shenton (born 23 September 1858), daughter of George and Ann Catherine Cousins, sister of Sir George Shenton
Children: one child deceased
Widowed 17 December 1891
Married (2) 8 March 1893, Registry Office, Paddington, London, England to Julia Parthenia Davey (born 20 November 1872 and died 20 November 1930), daughter of Simon
Children: two sons |
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Church of England |
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Clifton College, Bristol, studied engineering
Member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers (MICE)
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Engineer |
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Arrived in Western Australia, 1884 and practised as engineer and mining agent in firm of Saunders and Barrett
Bought Henley Park station (5,600 acres) near Guildford, 1895
Held Leinster pastoral leases of 475,000 acres in East Murchison
Chief engineer in execution of plans for Midland Railway Company
Promoted several goldfields companies including WA Goldfields Company Limited, 1894 and headed HJ Saunders and Company |
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Perth City Council, 1885–1895, Mayor, 1895–1897 |
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Justice of the Peace
President, Royal Agricultural Society
Member, Western Australian Turf Club, Weld Club
Director, Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Director, Canning Race Club Ltd |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2010, p. 175.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 16 August 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=faff960c-f61c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c4b9 |
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