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State
Electorates
- MLA Fremantle 12 March 1921–22 April 1924
- MLC Metropolitan–Suburban Province (Suburban Province from 1950) 11 July 1942 (by-election)–1 May 1956
- Contested Fremantle 22 March 1924
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Fremantle House of Representatives 17 November 1928
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Personal Information |
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1878 |
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England, United Kingdom |
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31 December 1965 |
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Fremantle, Western Australia |
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Taken by funeral director at Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Eighth son of Alexander, policeman, and Louisa Herring |
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Married 10 August 1911, District Registry Officer, Kalgoorlie to Jean Rodger Ella, daughter of Anton and Jean Sinclair
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Grenville College School of Mines, Ballarat, Victoria
Qualified at Melbourne College of Pharmacy, 1902
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Pharmacist |
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Went to WA to manage pharmacy, Cue
bought pharmacy at Leonora, 1909, Fremantle, 1914 |
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Mayor of Leonora, 1912–1913
Mayor of Fremantle, 1919–1923, 1926–1952 |
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Commander Order of St John of Jerusalem 1958 |
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First Christian name was Francis
Member, Milk Board of Western Australia, Lotteries Commission of WA
Justice of the Peace, 1916 |
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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, 2010, p. 79.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 30 June 2022.https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=f1fcb194-ed1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c2d3 |
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Hal G. P. Colebatch, 'Gibson, Sir Frank Ernest (1878–1965)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gibson-sir-frank-ernest-12934/text23371, published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 21 December 2015. |