Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Country Party. Joined party 1940 |
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22 May 1950 |
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South |
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Electorates
- MLC South Province 22 May 1950–21 May 1974
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees 1968–1974
- Member Standing Orders Committee 1952–1953, 1963–1974
- Member Library Committee 1947–1950
- Member Printing Committee 1959–1965
- Chairman Select Committee inquiring into School Bus Contracts and Routes 1957
- Member Select Committee inquiring into the Potato Industry in WA 1971–1972
- Member Joint Select Committee inquiring into the Kauri Timber Company Ltd Agreement Bill 1950
Royal Commissions
- Member Hon Royal Commission inquiring into the Town Planning and Development Act Amendment Bill 1951–52
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented WA branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Parliamentary Seminar, Westminster, United Kingdom, 1970
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Personal Information |
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11 June 1907 |
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Katanning, Western Australia |
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19 June 1997 |
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Spencer Lodge, Albany, Western Australia |
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Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, WA |
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Son of Alexander Thomson, building contractor and politician, and Edith Maud Jenkinson |
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Married 22 December 1937, Chapel of St Mary and St George, Guildford to Catherine Mary Hill, daughter of Norton Gordon Hill and Sybil Amherst Martin
No children
Widowed |
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Church of England |
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Educated Katanning State School and Guildford Grammar School Master builder and investor
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Builder |
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Albany Town Council 24 November 1945–10 November 1951 |
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President Albany Parents & Citizens
Foundation president Albany Historical Society
Foundation president Albany Caledonian Society
Member Strawberry Hill Farm Committee
Committee member and patron Albany Agricultural Society |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two, 1930-2010, p. 254.
West Australian, 20 June 1997. |
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