Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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29 June 1873 |
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Greenough |
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Electorates
- MLC Greenough 29 June 1873 (by-election)–29 April 1887 (resigned)
- Declined nomination to Legislative Council, December 1890 and August 1893
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1887 |
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Personal Information |
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1831 |
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Lincoln, England, United Kingdom |
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17 March 1894 |
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Geraldton, Western Australia |
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Wesleyan Cemetery, in or near Geraldton |
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Arrived WA December 1850 per Mary |
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Unmarried |
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Methodist |
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Manager, businessperson and magistrate |
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Entered firm of George Shenton
Employed by RM Habgood 1855–1857
1857 to Geraldton as manager of Shenton’s business
Purchased business on Shenton’s death 1867
Joined Samuel Mitchell 1875 in an unsuccessful lead mine
Acted as Resident Magistrate and Chairman of Quarter Sessions |
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Geraldton Municipal Council 1871–1873, 1876, 1878–1879; chairman 1875–1876
Mayor of Geraldton 1881 |
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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, 2001, p. 9.
A Carson, ‘The Champion Bay country’, JHSWA, Vol. 3, part 2, 1939.
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume I. A-C, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
Victoria Express, 23 March 1894.
Western Mail, 24 March 1894. |
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