Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLC West Province May 1924–17 May 1947 (resigned)
Office
- Minister without portfolio 22 June 1928–23 April 1930, 24 April 1933–27 August 1936
- Chief Secretary
- Minister for Police (from 24 March 1937 until 18 April 1939 and from 9 December 1943), and for Education (from 18 April 1939 until 9 December 1943) 27 August 1936–1 April 1947
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Personal Information |
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20 November 1886 |
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Leeds, England, United Kingdom |
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13 December 1952 |
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London, England, United Kingdom |
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Unknown |
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To WA 1910 |
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Son of James, tailor, and Ellen Lister |
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Married 23 January 1915, St Paul’s Church, Beaconsfield to Mabel Alport, daughter of Adam Blackburn and Mary Ellen Milestone
Children: three sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated higher grade school, Leeds, UK
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Clerk |
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Worked on the land at Torbay near Albany until circa 1914
Draper in 1915 living at Beaconsfield
Secretary Clerks Union from 1917 later general president
Secretary Trades Hall Fremantle 1923–1924
Agent-General for WA in London 17 May 1947–13 December 1952 |
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Vice president Australian Workers’ Union
Member Rottnest Island Board of Control from 1925, president 1933
Life member East Fremantle Football Club |
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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. 115.
West Australian, 13 May 1924, 14 December 1952.
Who's Who in Australia, (1950) |
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