Members’ biographical register

William Gordon

House

MLA

Party

Forrest Party Liberal

Date first elected

24 April 1901

Year Retired/Resigned

1911

Electorate(s)

South Perth

Inaugural Speech

Valedictory Video

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA South Perth, 24 April 1901–28 June 1904; Canning, 28 June 1904–3 October 1911
Contested Canning 3 October 1911, Metropolitan–Suburban Province, 11 May 1918

Office

Government Whip, 1904–1911

Personal Information

Death date

12 August 1943

Place of death

Glendalough, Leederville, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

1890

Occupation

Farmer, stock and station agent

Employment History

With Bank of Adelaide three years Jackaroo, south-east South Australia for two years
Farmer, wheat and wool agency, Bordertown
Horse and cattle salesman, auctioneer, Perth
Stock and station agent, Gingin, 1910–1911
Farmer and grazier at Namban, 1912–1917; Gingin, 1917-1943

Local Government

Member and chairman, Canning Road Board, 1899–1901

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, 2010, p. 82.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 30 June 2022.https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=c7e9155e-9c1d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c3d1

Further Information

Morning Herald, 29 June 1904.
Kalgoorlie Miner, 30 October 1905.
Twentieth Century Impressions of Western Australia, PWH Thiel, Perth, 1901, p. 30.