Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Country Party |
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7 April 1956 |
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Narrogin |
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Electorates
- MLA Narrogin 7 April 1956–30 March 1974
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees 1959–1965
- Chairman of Committees 3 August 1965–31 December 1970
- Deputy Chairman Public Accounts Committee 1971–1973; member 1973–1974
- Member Joint House Committee 1958–1965
- Member Standing Orders Committee 1971–1974
- Member Select Committee on the Establishing of a Five Day Working Week for Banks operating in WA 1956
- Member Select Committee (LA) and Joint Select Committee on the Licensing Act 1956–1958
Royal Commissions
- Member Hon Royal Commission inquiring into Natural Therapists Bill 1960–1961
- Member Hon Royal Commission into Local Government 1950
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Personal Information |
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13 April 1903 |
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Subiaco, Western Australia |
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1 October 1986 |
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Shenton Park, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery (ashes taken to Narrogin, Western Australia) |
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Son of Albert Wheaton Manning, draper, and Emily Elizabeth Lightfoot |
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Married 10 November 1928, Church of Christ, Subiaco to Isabella Rae Rattray, daughter of William Rattray and Sarah Rae
Children: three sons and one daughter |
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Church of Christ |
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Educated Narrogin State School, Perth Boys’ School, Stott’s Business College and Hemmingway and Robertson—AASA, ACIS
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Businessperson and accountant |
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Worked as accountant with Great Southern Butter Co, Ranking, Morrison and Co, and Felton Grimwade and Bickford
Entered family business, founded 1911, in 1924 as accountant, Mannings Department Store (drapery), manager from 1930, managing partner as one of three partners from 1940
After business taken over by amalgamation became director of Foy & Gibson and Narrogin manager 1949–1955
Chairman of directors Great Southern Roller Flour Mills Ltd 1966–1976 and Statewide Savings and Building Society from 1969 |
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Narrogin Town Council 23 November 1932–January 1941
Mayor 22 November 1947–November 1951 |
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Freeman of the town of Narrogin 1975
President Narrogin Red Cross during World War II
President Great Southern Baptist Men’s Association 1945–1946, deputy chairman Baptist Hospital and Homes Board
President Narrogin Rotary Club 1952
Secretary Narrogin Tennis Club
Chairman of Executive and member Central South Regional Council of WA 1950–1968 |
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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. 171.
Who's Who in Australia (1971) and (1979)
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