Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Labor |
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8 November 1952 |
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Murchison |
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Electorates
- MLA Murchison 8 November 1952 (by-election)–21 March 1959
- Contested Central Province 12 April 1947 (by-election), Murchison 21 March 1959
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1959 |
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Personal Information |
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9 April 1907 |
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Nunngarra (near Sandstone), Western Australia |
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17 August 1971 |
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Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Daniel Joseph O’Brien, cordial manufacturer and pastoralist, and Winifred Catherine McDonnell |
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Married (1) 25 November 1931, Sacred Heart Church, Highgate, Cecilia Hoffmann (born circa 1915), daughter of Robert and Cecilia Redpath
Children: four sons and one daughter
Widowed 27 April 1957
Married (2) 11 June 1958, Our Lady Help of Christians Church, East Victoria Park, Dulcie Niola Shooter (died 15 January 1998), daughter of George Irvine Shooter and Laura Ethel Dale
Children: one son, Simon McDonnell O’Brien, customs officer and politician, and one daughter |
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Catholic |
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Educated Mt Margaret
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Secretary |
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Worked as a shearer, cordial manufacturer, farmer
1931 in Mt Margaret
Pastoralist at Bungar’s Station via Payne’s Find in late 1920s and early 1930s
Labourer in Perth during 1930s
Rail and tram conductor from circa 1938
Steward at Perth Club 1945
Prospector at Big Bell mid to late 1940s
Secretary Yalgoo Road Board circa 1950
After leaving Parliament temporary clerk, Mental Health Services, Claremont 11 May 1959–May 1971 |
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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. 195. |
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