Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Country Party
Joined party 1947 but stood for joint Liberal–Country Party Senate selection 1950 |
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21 March 1959 |
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Toodyay |
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Electorates
- MLA Toodyay 21 March 1959–20 February 1971
Office
- Minister for Transport and Police 12 April 1962–16 March 1965
- Chief Secretary, Minister for Police and Traffic 16 March 1965–3 March 1971
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Executive member Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, London 1961–1962
- Represented Western Australia branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at General Conference, London, United Kingdom, 1961
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Craig, James Frederick, Inaugural Speech.pdf |
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1971 |
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Personal Information |
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22 December 1911 |
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Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
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12 January 1989 |
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Repatriation General Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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James Burnett, mine manager and mining engineer, and Hilda Dagma Thornton |
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Married 11 May 1936, Church of Ascension, Midland Junction to Marie Rhoda Haynes (born 1915), daughter of Charles John and Louisa Elizabeth Hough
Children: one son and two daughters |
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Church of England |
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North Kalgoorlie, South Fremantle, Ballarat, Toorak and Kalgoorlie primary schools
Scotch College
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Clerk and accountant |
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Employed in railways from 1928
Junior cadet clerk in Kalgoorlie, transferred to Perth 1929, clerk until 1939 and 1942–1946
Worked in Welshpool rail workshop
Enlisted in the Army 1939, from 21 March 1941 in Australian Imperial Force, 11 Recovery Section 2/4 Army Field Workshop in Victoria
Sergeant from 1 December 1941
Served in Middle East including Tobruk
Discharged 16 November 1942
Secretary/accountant Swan Settlers Co–operative at Herne Hill 1947–1962 |
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Midland Council 28 April 1951–November 1952 |
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Member Railway Officers’ Union
After leaving politics retired to Ocean Reef and Woodlands
Chairman Trustees and member State Executive Returned Services League of Australia, also president Midland branch
Rotarian
Prominent athlete at school and played hockey for Old Scotch |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 55. |
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