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Electorates
- MLA Bunbury 29 September 1917–22 March 1924
- Contested Bunbury 21 October 1914, 22 March 1924
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Personal Information |
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17 June 1865 |
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Willoughby Farm, (Silk Willoughby), Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom |
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1 September 1958 |
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Bunbury, Western Australia |
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Bunbury Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Moved to WA circa 1898 |
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Son of John, farmer, and Amelia Exton (nee Hack) |
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Married 10 April 1902, Kew, Victoria to Ada Beatrice Langtree (born circa 1876), daughter of ? and Emily Millar
Children: two sons and one daughter
Widowed 24 April 1945 |
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Church of England |
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Educated England
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Lawyer and farmer |
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Combined practice of law with farming
Practised as lawyer in Perth
Founded Stanley, Money and Walker soliticors' firm of Bunbury |
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Pioneered new system of crop rotation in East Anglia
Devised constitution and rules of English Farmers’ Union
1910 purchased Henty Estate at Burekup, 12,000 acres
Prominent member Fruitgrowers’ Association
Owned farming-grazing properties at Burekup, Dinninup and Waterloo
Living at Burekup at time of death
Life member Weld Club 1958
Freemason |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 141.
Daily News, 2 February 1959.
Louch, TS. The first 50 years: the history of the Weld Club.
South-Western Times(Bunbury), 2 September 1958.
West Australian, 1 October 1917. |
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