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Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia

Walter Dwyer

Parliamentary Service

House

MLA

Party

Labor Joined Australian Labor Party 1910

Date Elected

3 October 1911

Electorate

Perth

Service

Electorates

MLA Perth 3 October 1911–21 October 1914
Contested Perth 21 October 1914

Inaugural Speech

Year Retired/Resigned

1914

Personal Information

Birth date

27 August 1875

Place of birth

Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland

Death date

22 March 1950

Place of death

St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, WA

Parents

Walter, contractor, and Mary Hartrey

Marriage and Family

Married 28 August 1912, St Mary’s Church, Guildford to Maude Mary Smith (born circa June 1885 and died 8 June 1969), daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Morrissey
Children: two daughters

Religion

Catholic

Education

Christian Brothers Seminary, Tipperary, Ireland
Studied law part-time in Australia
Articles Kalgoorlie, 1904
Bachelor of Laws, London, 1907
Admitted to the Western Australian Bar, 1907

Occupation

Lawyer

Employment History

Assistant master, Christian Brothers' College Melbourne, 1891–1994
Employee, administration section Western Australian Education Department, 1895–1904
Barrister
Practised law in Kalgoorlie, 1907–1909
Employee, Dwyer, Durack and Dunphy
Defended several Industrial Workers of the World defendants 1916, led prohibited march in the city, St Patrick’s Day, 1919
First President, WA Arbitration Court, 1926–1945

Background/Membership

Arrived Melbourne, 1891
Resident, Perth, 1905–1907, 1910–1950
Trustee, Perth Public Library and Art Gallery, 1913–1947, president, 1929–1947

References

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, 2011, p. 69.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 30 June 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=140676c1-9a1d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd

Further Information

E. A. Dunphy, 'Dwyer, Sir Walter (1875–1950)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dwyer-sir-walter-6067/text10383, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 17 December 2015.