Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Country Party to 1923, Nationalist until 1929 then Country Party |
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12 March 1921 |
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Irwin |
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Electorates
- MLA Irwin 12 March 1921–15 October 1929
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1929 |
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Personal Information |
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28 August 1876 |
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Greenough, Western Australia |
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15 October 1929 |
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West Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of John Stephen, farmer, and Elizabeth Kniest Waldeck
Brother of Henry Kennedy Maley, farmer and politician |
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Married 19 January 1909, St Lawrence Church (Roman Catholic ), Lawlers to Sarah Teresa McKeefrey (nee O’Toole) (born circa 1873 and died circa August 1952), widow of James McKeefrey, daughter of Patrick and Mary McDonough
No children but may have had one child by his de facto wife |
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Methodist |
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Educated Briggs’ School, Fremantle
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Farmer |
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Farmed on father’s property at Greenough
Spent several years on eastern goldfields as manager of Lawlers Brewery and hotel owner
Took up land (Barakelia Estate) at Three Springs, circa 1896 in partnership with brothers, whom he bought out in 1903
Justice of the Peace 1912
Owner Greenough–Dongara flour mills
Partner Geraldton Brewery
By 1929 had 53,000 acres and up to 10,000 sheep |
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Lawlers Road Board until 1907
Upper Irwin Road Board from 21 March 1907 |
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Member Victoria District Agricultural Society, Royal Agricultural Society and Farmers' and Settlers' Association |
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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, 2001, p. 133. |
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Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, vol 2, p. 960.
Erickson, Rica. The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume III.
West Australian, 28 March 1924, 16 October 1929. |