Parliamentary Service |
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MLA
MLC |
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Liberal until 1911
Country Party 1914–1922; then Independent |
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4 June 1904 |
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Geraldton |
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Electorates
- MLA Geraldton, 4 June 1904–27 October 1905, 11 September 1908–3 October 1911 (re-elected 27 October 1905 but petition lodged against his return and election declared void on 26 October 1906)
- MLC Central Province 22 May 1914–21 May 1920
- Contested Geraldton 21 November 1906 (by-election), 3 October 1911
- Contested Irwin 12 March 1921, Central Province 8 May 1920, 25 November 1922, 8 May 1926, Greenough 15 February 1936
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Carson, Henry, Inaugural Speech.pdf |
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1920 |
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Personal Information |
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31 December 1866 |
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Guildford, Western Australia |
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31 July 1948 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Son of George, mechanic, and Charlotte Hadley |
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Married 18 June 1891, St Francis Xavier Church, Geraldton (Roman Catholic) to Mary (Anne) Ryan (born 23 January 1859), daughter of Michael and Margaret Fitzgerald
Children: one son (plus three sons and one daughter deceased)
Widowed 6 January 1936 |
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Methodist |
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Draper |
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Worked as mercantile clerk, draper in various firms at Geraldton and Greenough (1895–1900)
From 1905–1926 had farming property at Hutt in Ajana district
1911–1914 storekeeper at Northampton |
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Geraldton Municipal Council 1907–1908 |
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Retired to North Perth
Captain Geraldton football and cricket teams
Prominent temperance worker |
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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, 2010, p. 43
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume I. A-C, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
West Australian, 29 June 1904, 14 September 1908, 2 August 1948.
The Western Australia post office directory, Wise & Co, Perth, WA, 1895–1926.
Western Mail, 19 September 1908. |
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