Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Labor until 1905 when resigned and became Ministerialist (Liberal)
1902 formed Albany branch Political Labor League |
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28 June 1904 |
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Albany |
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Electorates
- MLA Albany 28 June 1904–27 October 1905
- Contested Albany 27 October 1905, Wagin 29 September 1917 (National Country Party)
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1905 |
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Personal Information |
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6 December 1871 |
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Timber station, Vasse near Busselton, Western Australia |
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30 October 1965 |
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Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia |
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Springvale Crematorium, Victoria, Australia |
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Son of Charles Doust, timber contractor and master builder, and Kathleen (Katherine) Thurkle |
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Married 21 April 1898, Manse, Ballarat, Victoria (Presbyterian) to Lucy Sanderson (born circa 1877, United Kingdom), daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Shaw
Children: three sons and five daughters |
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Methodist |
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Apprenticed to printing trade
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Clerk |
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By 1898 assistant to Town Clerk, Albany
1901 acting Town Clerk
1906–1911 secretary Greenbushes Road Board
1911–1929 Town Clerk at Wagin
1929–1935 secretary Murray Road Board, Pinjarra |
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After retirement resided in Victoria |
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Black, David. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 113.
West Australian, 29 June 1904.
The Western Australian Directory, (Wise) (1901 to 1937–38) |
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