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David Joseph Leahy
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Birth | | Date: 19 October 1883
Place: Knightsmountain, Castle Island, Tralee, Kerry, Ireland |
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Arrival in WA |  | To WA circa 1906
Moved to Kyneton Victoria as small boy circa 1885 |
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Parents |  | Son of David Leahy, cottier, and Margaret Reidy |
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Marriage and Family |  | Married 21 June 1912, St Patrick’s Church, Fremantle to Sophio Fongo (died 16 June 1974), daughter of Batista Fongo and Quinta Ravella
Children: two sons and three daughters |
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Death |  | Date: 19 December 1948
Place: Edward Millen Home, Victoria Park, Western Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Religion |  | Catholic |
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Occupation |  | Mines inspector |
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Employment History |  | Worked as miner in Sandstone area prior to World War I
In Kalgoorlie by 1916, Boulder by 1920
Workmen’s inspector by 1930s
Granted miners’ settlement farm near Southern Cross in 1929, farm worked by his son until 1933, abandoned in 1934 |
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House |  | MLA |
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Local Government Service |  | Kalgoorlie Road Board 21 April 1934–April 1948 |
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Party |  | Labor |
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Date Elected |  | 23 April 1938 |
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Inaugural Video |  | No inaugural video is available as filming did not start until May 2003 |
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Speeches |  | Search for speeches by David Leahy |
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Year Retired/Resigned |  | 1948 |
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Electorate |  | Hannans |
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Parliamentary Service |  | Electorates
- MLA Hannans 23 April 1938 (by-election)–19 December 1948
Committees
- Member Select Committee on the Western Australian Turf Club (Property) Private Bill 1944
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Background/Membership |  | Member Australian Workers' Union |
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References |  | Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, p. 148.
Kalgoorlie Miner, 23 April 1938, 21 December 1948. |
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