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MLC |
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Liberal |
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30 May 1904 |
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North-East |
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Electorates
- MLC North-East Province, 30 May 1904–21 May 1916
Office
- Honorary Minister without portfolio, 16 September 1910–7 October 1911
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1916 |
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Personal Information |
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19 March 1865 |
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Eaglehawk, Maldon, Victoria, Australia |
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14 May 1928 |
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Swanbourne, Western Australia |
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Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia.
Anglican Area, MON A Section, 0283 grave site |
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Arrived WA 1892 |
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Son of Hugh, merchant, and Margaret Reid |
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Married 5 May 1895, Wesley Church, Fremantle to Emma Mary Widgery (born circa September 1862 and died 12 June 1955), daughter of James Manning and Kezra Morley
Children: three sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated St Pauls’ Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria
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Businessperson |
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Entered Briscoe and Co, Melbourne
Manager of firm, Goulburn Valley, 1887
Commercial traveller, JM Ferguson
Founded own ironmongers and general store at Hannans in goldfields, 1894
Hardware and timber merchant |
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Member, Kalgoorlie Municipal Council, 1895–1897
Mayor of Kalgoorlie, 1897–1898 |
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Justice of the Peace
First president, Kalgoorlie Chamber of Commerce
Chairman of directors, Kalgoorlie Brewing and Ice Co, 1898
Bought 4000 acres sheep property, Upper Blackwood, circa 1910 |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 130.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 6 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=383f177a-8d1d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd |
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Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, vol 1, p. 330.
Kimberly, WB. History of West Australia. A Narrative of her Past, together with biographies of her leading men, p. 198.
West Australian, 16 May 1928. |