Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLA Kalgoorlie, 15 February 1936–7 April 1956 (lost pre-selection)
Office
- Minister for Railways, Transport and Police, 23 February 1953–14 April 1956
Committees
- Member, Joint House Committee, 1947–1953
- Member, Printing Committee, 1938–1942
- Chairman, Select Committee on the Kalgoorlie and Boulder Racing Clubs Act Amendment (Private) Bill, 1953
- Member, Select Committee on the Case of Frank Evans Deceased, 1937
- Member, Select Committee on the Operations and General Ramifications of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1938
- Member, Joint Select Committee to consider alternative sites for the erection of public buildings, 1939–1940
- Member, Select Committee on the Land Sales Control Act, 1948
- Member, Select Committee on Ways and Means of Obtaining Adequate Meat Supplies for the People of WA, 1950
- Member, Select Committee on War Service Land Settlement, 1952
Royal Commission
- Chairman, Honorary Royal Commission inquiring into the Development of the Outports of the State 1945–1946
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Personal Information |
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20 October, 1893 |
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Collie, Sawmill, Western Australia |
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2 December 1982 |
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St George’s Nursing Home, Menora, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Frederick Francis Styants, sawmill stoker and farmer, and Louise Dilley |
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Married 21 May 1915, District Registry Office, Kalgoorlie to Lillian Amelia Wragg (circa 1894–15 August 1984), daughter of Charles Henry Wragg and Annie Laurie Gibbons
Children: two daughters |
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Church of England |
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Roelands State School
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Engine driver and union secretary |
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Joined Railways Department, 1912
Engine cleaner in Collie district before becoming fireman then engine driver. Transferred to Fremantle and then Kalgoorlie, 1915
Secretary, Kalgoorlie Railway Institute for three years
From 1923, represented eastern goldfields district on managing body of Locomotive Engine Drivers, Firemen and Cleaners Union
Secretary, Perth branch 1925–1931 then secretary, Kalgoorlie branch
Applied to join 13th Field Ambulance, 1939 but rejected because of age
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force Army, 12 August 1940
Served with 25th Machine Gun Regiment, 18 December 1941–24 June 1942
Later in 25th Cavalry Regiment and Army Education Section, Perth
Sergeant, 17 December 1940, Warrant Officer II, 24 January 1942
Discharged on medical grounds, 7 November 1944 |
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Member, Perth City Council, 1927–1930 |
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In metropolitan area, 1923–1931 then returned to Kalgoorlie
Chairman, Goldfields Employees Disabilities Committee 1932
Represented WA union at three interstate conferences of Australian Union of Locomotive Enginemen
After leaving Parliament, deputy chairman Betting Control Board, 16 April 1956–1958, chairman, 5 January 1958–31 December 1960
Enjoyed shooting, cricket and tennis |
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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. 246.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 15 September 2022.https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=40eb91a7-f61c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd |
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West Australian,17 February 1936, 12 April 1946.
Who's Who in Australia, (1955) |