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- Elected MLC Wellington, 1 November 1884
- Result declared void due to bribery July 1885 so did not take seat
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Personal Information |
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14 March 1844 |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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21 July 1899 |
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Bunbury, Western Australia |
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Bunbury Cemetery, WA |
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Arrived WA March 1863 with mother |
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Son of John, master mariner/shipwright, and Mary Hill
Cousin of John Forrest, Alexander Forrest and David Forrest |
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Married 29 May 1866, Picton Church to Katherine Walker O’Neille (born 27 September 1844 and died 12 November 1933), daughter of James, niece of Reverend Joseph Withers
Children: seven sons and five daughters |
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Church of England |
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Storekeeper and butcher |
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In partnership with mother as storekeeper, Bunbury
1870s butcher
Later commercial traveller
Reputedly discoverer of coal at Collie, registered first coalmining lease 1889, floated Collie Commercial Coal Mining Company 1890–1891 |
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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, 2001, p. 13-14.
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume II, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
LW Johnson, A history of the Collie coal mining industry
University Studies in Western Australian History, 1957, p. 10–12. |
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