Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Liberal
Independent from 1922 |
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24 April 1901 |
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Greenough |
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State
Electorates
- MLA Greenough*, 24 April 1901–28 June 1904, 27 October 1905–11 September 1908
- Contested Geraldton: 19 June 1894, 24 July 1900 (by-election), 3 October 1911
- Contested Greenough: 28 June 1904, 11 September 1908
- Contested Central Province: 13 May 1910, 16 May 1914, 8 May 1920, 8 May 1926
Commonwealth
- Contested Senate, 16 December 1922
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1926 |
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Personal Information |
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14 March 1854 |
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Donegal, Londonderry, Ireland |
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23 December 1927 |
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Geraldton, Western Australia |
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Geraldton Cemetery |
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1864 |
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Son of James, army sergeant, and Ann Doherty |
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Married 8 February 1880, Greenough to Helen Emily Roe, (born circa 1856 and died 15 November 1961), daughter of James Elphinstone and Susannah Moore
Children: three sons and three daughters |
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Catholic |
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Roman Catholic school, Fremantle
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Farmer and storekeeper |
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Moved to Geraldton, 1863
Farmer, Geraldton until 1880s, then storekeeper and produce merchant
Owner, Commonwealth Hotel, Geraldton
Director, Geraldton Co-operative Milling Society
Member, Agricultural Society |
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Member, Geraldton Municipal Council, 1888–1889, 1891, 1894, 1895–1898, 1899-1900, 1913–1916
Member, Greenough Road Board, 1878–1879 |
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Came to WA with mother on Hastings, circa December 1864
Father farming in Greenough |
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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. 189.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 15 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=3b7bb3c4-f51c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c4b9 |
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J.S. Battye (ed.), The History of the North-West of Australia embracing the Kimberley, Gascoyne and Murchison districts, Perth: Jones, 1915, 981.
Dictionary of Western Australians 1829–1914, Vol. 5, The Golden Years 1889–1914, Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1986.
Geraldton Express (editorial) 20 July 1900.
Morning Herald, 30 October 1905.
Twentieth Century Impressions of Western Australia. Anon. P.H.W. Thiel: Perth, 1901, p. 36. |