Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Nationalist then Liberal (from 1945) |
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22 March 1924 |
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Claremont |
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State
Electorates
- MLA Claremont, 22 March 1924–7 April 1956
- Contested Claremont, 7 April 1956
Office
- Government Whip, 1930–1933
- National Party Whip, 1933–1947
- Speaker, 31 July 1947–5 August 1953
Committees
- Member, Standing Orders Committee, 1953–1956
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Senate, 5 September 1914
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1956 |
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Personal Information |
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14 September 1887 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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29 September 1979 |
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Anglican area, ZF Section, 0236 grave site |
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Son of Frederic Dudley, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), civil servant, and Flora Frances Hamersley, and grandson of Edward Hamersley |
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Married 19 October 1916, Registry Office, Bradford, England to Bessie Saddington (born circa 1895 and died 13 June 1964), daughter of William
Children: two daughters
Widowed 13 June 1964 |
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Church of England |
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Educated Rugby and Oriel College, Oxford, BA
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Lawyer |
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Middle Temple, London
Bar, 1912
Barrister WA, 1913
Practised law, Fremantle and Perth, 1913–1914, 1919–1930
Enlisted Royal Air Force, commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 8 November 1915 in Royal Flying Corps, Special Reserve Equipment Officer
Lieutenant, 1 June 1917, Lieutenant (Flying Officer) 12 January 1918, Lieutenant (Observer Officer) 11 June 1918, Captain 18 October 1918
Discharged 12 June 1919, during war flew DH6, AN9 and Armstrong Whitworth aircraft |
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Member, Cottesloe Municipal Council, November 1921–September 1924
Mayor from November 1923 |
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Active in Douglas Credit Movement, State president for a time during 1930s |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 153.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 6 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=75373b5d-dd1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbf0 |
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British Air Force records.
James, Ruth Marchant. "The Illustrious Norths and their Perth descendants." Early Days, 9.5 (1987): p. 100–112.
Who's Who Australia,1947–1955 |