Members’ biographical register

Howard Raphael

House

MLA

Party

Labor Member Metropolitan Council Australian Labor Party (ALP) circa 1923–1930 (represented Shop Assistants’ Union) State Executive from circa 1928 Represented Amalgamated Road Transport Workers Union (WA branch) at ALP Triennial Congress 1935

Date first elected

12 April 1930

Year Retired/Resigned

1944

Electorate(s)

Victoria Park

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Victoria Park 12 April 1930–9 December 1944

Royal Commissions

Chairman Hon Royal Commission inquiring into the Administration of the Municipal Council of Perth 1937–1938

Personal Information

Death date

9 December 1944

Place of death

North Steyne Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cemetery

Rookwood War Cemetery Roman Catholic—(Church of England funeral)

Arrived in WA

To WA 1911

Occupation

Dentist

Employment History

Dental assistant by profession, by 1930 managing dental business in Victoria Park
Qualified as health inspector
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force (AIF) 15 October 1942 Served in 76 AIF Dental Unit as Captain (received rank 17 December 1942) until death

Local Government

Perth City Council November 1924–December 1944 Chairman Electricity and Gas Committee

Background/Membership

Said to have tried to enlist 1916 but discharged as underage
Vice-president Victoria Park branch Ugly Men’s Association
Member Celtic Club
Active in local sporting bodies

References

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. 218.
West Australian, 14 April 1930.
Who's Who Australia (1941)

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