Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Liberal
then National from 1917 |
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16 July 1894 |
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Geraldton; Central; North |
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State
Electorates
- MLC Geraldton, 30 May 1883 (by-election)–23 January 1884 (resigned), 25 June 1885 (by-election)–6 November 1886 (resigned);
- MLC Central Province, 16 July 1894–28 April 1898 (resigned 15 December 1894, re-elected 16 January 1895: by-election);
- MLC North Province, 12 May 1902–6 November 1906 (resigned), 13 May 1910–12 May 1934
Office
- President of Legislative Council, 27 July 1922–10 August 1926
- Minister for Mines, Education, and Posts and Telegraphs, 19 December 1894–29 April 1898
Commonwealth
- Contested Senate, 12 December 1906
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Personal Information |
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12 December 1854 |
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Fremantle, Western Australia |
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5 March 1936 |
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West Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Anglican area, section EA , gravesite 0009H |
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Son of Charles, bank director and pastoralist, and Sarah Elizabeth Harding |
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Married (1) 23 April 1878, St George's Cathedral, Perth to Laura Habgood (born circa May 1856 and died 27 October 1923), daughter of Robert Mace and Sarah Smithers
Children: two sons, including former MLC Charles Horne Wittenoom, and three daughters
Widowed 27 October 1923 (wife died on board SS Mongolia en route London to Fremantle)
Married (2) 22 December 1924, Anglican Archbishop's Chapel, Perth to Isobel du Boulay (born circa 1896), daughter of Francis and Mary Jane Lawrence
Children: two daughters |
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Church of England |
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Educated Bishop Hale's School, Perth
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Farmer, agent general, manager and consul |
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Worked on Bowes sheep station, Northampton, at age of 15 years
Took up sheep farming with brother Francis Frederick Burdett at Yuin in Murchison district, 1874
Leased and managed Bowes Station, 1877
Purchased White Peak Station, near Geraldton and established sheep stud farm, 1881
Owned station at La Grange, 1883–1886
Stock and station agency, Geraldton, 1886–1887, sold later
Agent General for WA, 28 March 1898–1901
Managing director, Dalgety and Company, 1901
Chairman of directors, Millars Karri and Jarrah Company Ltd, Bovril Australian Estates
Director, Bank of NSW, Commercial Union Insurance, WA Bank
Consul for France in WA |
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Member, Murchison Road Board, 1890 |
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) 1900 |
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President, Pastoralists' Association, 1912–1915 and 1917 |
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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. 210.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 28 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=b57e60f1-e51c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c4b9 |
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JS Battye, The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, vol 1, p. 334.
Rica Erickson, Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1914, Volume 1. Early Settlers, 1829-1850.
Ronald McNicoll, 'Wisdom, Evan Alexander (1869–1945)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wisdom-evan-alexander-9160/text16173, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 12 January 2016.
Who's Who Australia, (1933–1934)
Wilson, J. Graham. Western Australia's centenary 1829-1929 : first century's progress with antecedent records 1527-1828, p. 115. |