Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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22 May 1902 |
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Central |
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State
Electorates
- MLC Central Province 22 May 1902–21 May 1908
- Contested Geraldton 5 May 1897, North Murchison 20 October 1899 (by-election), Metropolitan Province 14 May 1900, West Perth 14 July 1902 (by-election), South West Province 13 May 1910
Commonwealth
- Contested Senate March 1901
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1908 |
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Personal Information |
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Circa 1854–1858 |
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Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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22 May 1943 |
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Rivervale, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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To WA 1895 |
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Son of Peter |
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Married 17 December 1885, Bathurst, NSW to Christina Lindsay (McKinnon) Higgins (born circa 1864), daughter of Alexander McKinnon and Jean
Children: two sons and two daughters
Widowed 25 July 1938 |
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Presbyterian |
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Manager and businessperson |
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1876–1882 with Royal Horse Artillery, serving at Rorke’s Drift 1879, and with Lord Roberts at Kandahar 1880
1882 invalided as Sergeant-Major
1882–1883 wharf labourer then traveller (commission agent) for Singer and Company, based in Sydney as Singer manager, remained manager until 1908
After retiring from Parliament founded music supplies firm |
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Perth City Council 1898–1900 |
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Moved to Melbourne
Retired to Subiaco 1939 |
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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. 195.
Morning Herald, 15 May 1902.
West Australian, 25 May 1943. |
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