Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLA Nedlands, 14 February 1953–31 January 1982 (resigned)
Office
- Premier, Treasurer, Minister Coordinating Economic and Regional Development, and for Federal Affairs (18 June 1975–22 December 1975), 8 April 1974–25 January 1982
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition, 1 March 1957–2 April 1959
- Minister for Industrial Development, Railways (until 16 February 1967), Transport (16 March–17 August 1965) and North–West, 2 April 1959–3 March 1971
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition, 3 March 1971–5 June 1972
- Leader of the Opposition, 5 June 1972–8 April 1974
Committees
- Member, Select Committee on the private bills for the Perpetual Executors, Trustees and Agency Co and the Western Australia Trustee, Executor and Agency Co, 1955
Royal Commissions
- Honorary Member, Royal Commission on Restrictive Trade Practices and Legislation, 1956–1957
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Personal Information |
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22 December 2007 |
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Cottesloe, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Left for Western Australia when three months old |
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Accountant |
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Sold newspapers as a boy
Articled clerk, 1927–1932
Began practice as chartered accountant in Perth, 1933
Foundation partner in Hendry, Rae and Court from 1938
Enlisted army, 1940, Australian Imperial Force 18 December 1942, rose from Private to officer rank, Lieutenant 15 January 1942, temporary Captain, 9 June 1943; temporary Major, 3 August 1943; temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 1944, Substantive Captain, 6 September 1943; Major, 18 April 1944; Lieutenant-Colonel, 27 September 1945
Served with the 1st Armoured Division, NT Force, HQ 2 Australian Corps Bougainville and HQ 3 Australian Division for which Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General
Discharged 3 January 1946
Resumed partnership with Hendry Rae and Court until 1970 |
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Knight of the Order of Australia (AK), 1982
Knight Commander of St Michael and St George (KCMG), 1978
Knight Bachelor (Kt B), 1972. For distinguished services to government and national development
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), Military Division, 1946
Awarded Centenary of Federation Medal, 2003 |
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Church of England but formerly Salvation Army and Methodist
State Registrar, Institute of Chartered Accountants (Western Australia Branch) 1946–1952, State Council 1952–1955
Australian Chartered Accountant of the Year, 1983
Honorary life fellow, Australian Institute of Export 1982 (won Manufacturers Export Council Award 1969)
National President, Order of Australian Association, 1986–1989
Honorary fellow, Australian Marketing Institute
Honorary fellow, Institute of Production Engineers Kirby, awarded 1971 and Industrial Design Council of Australian, awarded 1978
Member, Perth Chamber of Chamber, Senator International Jaycees, 1971
Chairman, Advisory Committees under Western Australia Prices Control Act, 1948–1952
Active in Returned Services League (life member, 1981)
Member, Musicians’ Union from 1920s and life member from 1953
President, Western Australia Band Australian Association, 1954–1959
Junior, Amateur and Open Champion Cornet Player, 1928
Champion of Champions all brass instruments, Tanunda, South Australia, 1930
Active as trumpet and cornet player in orchestras and bands until 1952 and conductor of bands including Return Services League of Australia (RSL) Memorial Band until 1952
Acted as guest conductor to many bands: Honorary Colonel Western Australia University Regiment, 1969–1974, Special Air Services (SAS) Regiment, 1976–1980
Freeman of City of Nedlands, 1982 and of Shire of Derby, 1983
Member, Rotary (Paul Harris Fellow)
Member, Lions (World President’s Medal)
Member, Commercial Travellers Association
Honorary life member, Calabrese Association of Western Australia |
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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. 51-52.
Second Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday, 23rd May 1972, No. 45679 (Australian), p. 6287. |
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Nation Review, 7–13 Ọctober 1972.
Reid and Oliver.
Transcript of an interview with Sir Charles Court
 Court, Charles Walter Michael, Oral History.pdf
West Australian, 16 February 1953.
Who's Who in Australia, (1983) |