Members’ biographical register

Frederick Charles Monger

House

MLA

Party

Forrest Party Later Liberal until 1917 then Country Party

Date first elected

24 December 1890

Year Retired/Resigned

1914

Electorate(s)

York

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA York 27 October 1892 (by-election)–15 June 1899 (resigned); 26 June 1899 (by-election)–24 March 1903 (resigned); 27 October 1905–21 October 1914
Contested York 21 October 1914, 29 September 1917

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Birth date

25 January 1863

Place of birth

York, Western Australia

Death date

15 November 1919

Cause of death

Place of death

Subiaco, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

Parents

Son of John Henry Monger, grazier, merchant and politician, and Henrietta Joaquina Manning

Marriage and Family

Married 18 April 1895, St George’s Cathedral Perth, Ethel Margaret Sherard, (died 3 June 1944), daughter of Charles Wade
Children: four daughters

Religion

Church of England

Education

Educated Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria

Occupation

Businessperson

Employment History

Joined his father's business
One of a group who launched the Wealth of Nations syndicate in 1892
Relinquished partnership with father 1895 and speculated as investor and agent in mining ventures
Joint owner of Wooramel station, Carnarvon and Excelsior Hotel Cue

Local Government

York Municipal Council until October 1892

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Justice of the Peace, 1896
Declared bankrupt 1899 and 1903
Member committee Perth Stock Exchange
Member Perth Club

References

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, 2001, p. 142.

Bibliography

Further Information

Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia vol 1, p. 349.
Wendy Birman, 'Monger, Frederick Charles (1863–1919)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/monger-frederick-charles-7624/text13325, published first in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 23 December 2015.
Erickson, Rica. The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888, vol. 3.
Grant, AR. Memories of Parliament, p. 25-27.
Kimberly WB. History of West Australia, p. 30.
Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia, p. 33.
West Australian, 28 October 1905.