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18 November 1873 |
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Perth |
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Electorates
- MLC Perth 18 November 1873 (by-election)–16 January 1875
- Contested Perth 19 October 1870
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Personal Information |
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1831 |
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England, United Kingdom |
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16 January 1875 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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To WA with parents March 1841 in Parkfield |
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Son of Lewis, surgeon and pharmacist, and Hannah |
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Married 29 May 1856, Wesleyan Church, Perth to Anne Hymus, (born circa 1830 and died 9 May 1909), daughter of Frederick and Phoebe Barrett
Children: seven sons and one daughter |
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Congregational |
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Pharmacist |
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Apprenticed to George Shenton, pharmacist
Assistant, Colonial Hospital 1852–1855
From 1853 pharmacist and grocer, Perth, in partnership with father and brother |
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Perth Road Board chairman 1874–1875
Perth Municipal Council 1863–1875 |
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Vice-president Perth Workingmen’s Association
Chairman Swan Mechanics’ Institute
Founding director 1862–1874, chairman 1874–1875 Perth Building Society
Member Perth Board of Education
Director WA Bank
Member Total Abstinence Association
Volunteer Rifle Corps (captain 1872)
Freemason
Died from injuries caused by a fire |
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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. 4.
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume I. A-C, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
Inquirer, 20 January 1875.
CT Stannage, The people of Perth: a social history of Western Australia's capital city, Perth City Council, Perth, 1979, pp. 125–127, 187–189. |
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