Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Liberal
Inaugural member Gascoyne and Murchison branches of Liberal Party
also member at various times of Swan and Carnarvon branches
Joined National Party (NP) in 1990s |
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24 October 1987 |
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Gascoyne |
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State
Electorates
- MLA Gascoyne, 24 October 1987 (by-election)–4 February 1989
- Contested Northern Rivers 4 February 1989 (Liberal); Mining and Pastoral Region 14 December 1996, 10 February 2001 (NP)
Office
- Opposition Whip, 1988–1989
Committees
- Member Printing Committee 1988–1989
Commonwealth
Electorates
Contested Senate 3 October 1998 (NP)
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Personal Information |
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2 April 1948 |
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District Hospital, Carnarvon, Western Australia |
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Son of John Andrew Maslen, pastoralist, and Joan Carmel Stroud |
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Married 2 March 1973, St Mary’s and St George’s Chapel, Guildford (Church of England) to Christine Jennifer Samson (born Sydney November 1950), daughter of James Samuel Samson and Kathleen Agnes Cudby
Children: two sons and two daughters
Widowed July 2003 |
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Catholic |
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Educated correspondence school of WA, St Patrick’s College, Geraldton and Guildford Grammar School until end of 1965—House Captain, school prefect
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Farmer and businessperson |
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Worked six months as junior jackaroo on family station, Mardathuna via Carnarvon
Then eighteen months as jackaroo, Sturt Meadows Station, Leonora until the end of 1967
Head stockman, 1967–1969, overseer and full-time truck driving and flying until September 1970
Manager, Cooralya Station 1970–1973
Senior manager for family, 1973–1987, expanded property to include other stations
Also interests in real estate holdings
Sold Mardathuna Station, December 2008 |
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Carnarvon Shire Council 1975–7 January 1988
Shire President from May 2003 |
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Awarded Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), 13 June 2022 for service to the community of the Carnarvon |
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Member, executive committee Pastoralists’ and Graziers’ Association, on Pastoral Executive sub-committee Chairperson and secretary, Gascoyne District Committee
Director, Carnarvon Transport Co-operative
Deputy Member, Pastoral Board, 1983–1984
Chairman, WA Rangeland Meat Cooperative
Inaugural chairperson, Regional Advisory Committee of Agriculture Protection Board
Member, Carnarvon Artesian Basin Advisory Committee
Member, Ningaloo Sustainable Development Committee
Former member, WA Club
Justice of the Peace
Member, Royal Agricultural Society, Carnarvon Club, Australian Rangeland Society
Life member, RSPCA
Secretary and chairperson, Winning Picnic Race Club
Chairman, North West Games Organising Committee, 1992
Patron, Carnarvon Yacht Club and Race Club
Logged 11,000 flying hours |
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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. 176.
It's an honour. Accessed 22 June 2022. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2011223 |
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