Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Labor
Member and president Fremantle branch of the Australian Labor Party
Delegate Fremantle Electorate Council, State Executive and Trades and Labour Council
Delegate National Conference 1985 |
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17 November 1984 |
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Cockburn |
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Electorates
- MLA Cockburn 17 November 1984 (by-election)–4 April 1986
Committees
- Member Select Committee on Grape Growing industry of WA 1985
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1986 |
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Personal Information |
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23 June 1947 |
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Abercromby, Liverpool South, England, United Kingdom |
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4 April 1986 |
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Medina, Western Australia |
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Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
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To WA 1950 |
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Son of Francis Malachy Hughes, master mariner (navigating officer, merchant service), and Agnes Veronica Carroll |
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Married 19 March 1977, South Fremantle, to Elizabeth Robin Nolan Woodcock, daughter of Cleever Fitzgerald Woodcock and Peggy Kathleen Ailsa Mignon Welby
Children: two sons |
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Catholic |
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Educated Convent School, Point Peron; Convent School, Albany; Christian Boys College, Albany; Christian Boys College, Fremantle
University of Western Australia—studied law and social sciences, did not complete degrees
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Union official |
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Worked for CSBP as labourer and leading hand |
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Fremantle City Council 1980–1985 |
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Joined Federation Miscellaneous Workers’ Union (formerly Chemical Workers’ Union) and became shop steward
Organiser for union from 1979
Trustee St John’s Ambulance Superannuation Fund
Member of Board United Credit Union
Member Fremantle Swimming Club |
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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. 129.
West Australian, 5 April 1986. |
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