Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Country Party later National Country Party until 1978 then National Party
Joined Country Party
1950
Served as president and secretary
King Kalgan–Napier branch
President
Albany District Council
Delegate
Stirling District Council and State Executive Member
National Party Management Committee
1978–1985 |
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20 February 1971 |
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Stirling |
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Electorates
- MLA Stirling, 20 February 1971–4 February 1989
Office
- Deputy Leader of Country Party, 1974–1975
- Chief Secretary, Minister for Conservation and Environment, Fisheries and Fauna (Wildlife) 8 April 1974–20 May 1975
- Deputy Leader, National Party of Western Australia 1978–1985 and National Party of Australia 1985–21 September 1988
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees, 1973–1974
- Member, Standing Orders Committee, 1986–1989
- Member, Joint House Committee, 1986–1989
- Member, Printing Committee, 1977–1979
- Member, Select Committee on South West Fisheries
- Member, Select Committee on the Grape (Wine) Growing Industry of WA, 13 March–26 November 1985
- Member, Select Committee on a Matter of Privilege, 1986
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Personal Information |
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4 April 1926 |
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Leederville, Western Australia |
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15 April 2017 |
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Albany, Western Australia |
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Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia. Ashes interred Memorial Park, 8 April 2022. |
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Son of Robert Stephens, public accountant, and Regina Clarice Gill |
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Married 7 May 1949, Claremont to Rosslyn Mary Allwood, daughter of Frederick Allwood and Phyllis Haywood James
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Not stated |
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Katanning and Albany Primary Schools, Albany High School
Claremont Teachers College, 1942
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Farmer |
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Teacher, Katanning (February 1944) and Corrigin (March 1944) Primary Schools
Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 20 May 1944, aircrew trainee—Leading Aircraftman
Discharged 17 September 1945
Teacher, Education Department, Bunbury Primary School, October 1945–May 1946
Took leave without pay (resigned 31 May 1948) and enlisted Army, 14 May 1946
Interpreter in Japanese as part of British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan
Served with Army Reception Depot and Combined Services Detailed in Japan, 20 October 1946–6 May 1948
Acting Corporal 16 January 1947, Sergeant 27 May 1947
Discharged 18 June 1948
Company secretary, South Australia, June 1948–October 1950
Farmer, Upper Kalgan in Western Australia, October 1950–February 1971, also acquired properties at Napier and Redmond
Maintained farming interest while in Parliament and returned to active farming at Redmond and Upper Kalgan 1996 High School
Member, Lions Club |
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President and secretary, local branch and secretary, Albany Zone Council of Farmers’ Union, also secretary, Meat Executive
President, Albany Shire Ratepayers’ Association
Chairman, Wilson Inlet Management Authority, 1992–1998
Chairman, Albany Waterways Management Authority, 1989–1999
Chairman, Albany Harbours Planning Authority, 1998
Life member, Albany Historical Society
President, Parents and Citizens, Spencer Park and Albany Primary Schools and Albany High School
Member, Lions Club |
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Albany Cemetery Board webiste. Accessed 18 July 2017. https://albanycemeteryboard.com.au/allambie-park/search-results/?formid=public-view&dbtable=deaths&no=12580
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. 242. |
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Edited transcript of an interview with Hon. Matthew Stephens, b. 1926
West Australian, 22 February 1971.
Who's Who in Australia,1977. |