Members’ biographical register

Bronterre Dooley

House

MLA

Party

Labor 1891 assisted in organising first Australian Labor elections in New South Wales President Australian Labor Party Geraldton district

Date first elected

3 October 1911

Year Retired/Resigned

1913

Electorate(s)

Geraldton

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Geraldton 3 October 1911–19 October 1913

Personal Information

Death date

19 October 1913

Place of death

West Perth, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Arrived in WA

1897

Occupation

Railway worker and carriage builder

Employment History

1884 apprenticed as coach builder
Worked in outback areas of Australia and in New Zealand
Coachbuilder Railway Department Western Australia
Carriage and coach builder at Geraldton from 1903

Local Government

Geraldton Municipal Council 1910–1912

Background/Membership

1888 joined Sydney Coachbuilders’ Society
Member Sydney Socialist League
1898 foundation member and later life member WA branch Australian Society of Amalgamated Engineers
1901–1902 delegate to Trades and Labour Council
Organised Eight Hours demonstration
First president Victoria District General Workers’ Union
Founder Geraldton Cooperative Society
Member local Railway Ambulance Corps
President Railways Football Club
Prominent in Geraldton Dramatic Society

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. 66.

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