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George James Foley
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Birth | | Date: 28 November 1872
Place: Walhalla, Victoria, Australia |
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Arrival in WA |  | 1895 |
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Parents |  | Thomas, miner and railway employee, and Elizabeth Rebecca Stant (Stamp) |
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Marriage and Family |  | Married 27 January 1902, Wesley Church, Kalgoorlie to Fannie Edith Beresford Meyers (nee Gill) (born circa 1871), widow, daughter of Edward and Martha Robins
No children |
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Death |  | Date: 27 October 1945
Place: Mt Hawthorn, Western Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Religion |  | Congregational |
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Education |  | State Training School, Melbourne |
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Occupation |  | Miner |
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Employment History |  | Employed on Richmond Newspaper
To Western Australia 1895 as gold miner
Became part-owner of Grace Darling mine, Broad Arrow
Auctioneer in Perth |
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House |  | MLA |
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Local Government Service |  | Perth City Council 1918–1919 |
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Party |  | Australian Labor Party until 1917 then Nationalist
President North Goldfields Council Australian Labor Federation |
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Date Elected |  | 3 October 1911 |
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Speeches |  | Search for speeches by George Foley |
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Year Retired/Resigned |  | 1920 |
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Electorate |  | Mount Leonora |
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Parliamentary Service |  | State
Electorates
- MLA Mt Leonora 3 October 1911–18 November 1920 (resigned)
- Contested Kimberley 23 April 1924
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Kalgoorlie (House of Representatives) 18 December 1920 (by-election) – November 1922
- Contested Kalgoorlie (House of Representatives) 16 December 1922
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Background/Membership |  | President Gwalia branch of Federated Miners' Union
After 1911 resided in Perth |
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References |  | 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. 73. |
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