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MLA |
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Labor
1937 secretary Albany District Council |
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22 March 1924 |
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Albany |
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Electorates
- MLA Albany 22 March 1924–15 February 1936
- Contested Albany 12 March 1921, South Eastern Province 13 May 1922, Albany 15 February 1936, 18 March 1939
Office
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Personal Information |
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20 August 1877 |
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York, Western Australia |
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3 September 1949 |
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Albany, Western Australia |
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Albany Cemetery, WA |
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Son of Joseph, carpenter and wheelwright, and Matilda Styring Massingham
Brother of Charles Prangle Wansbrough, railway worker and politician |
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Married 19 September 1903, St John’s Church, Northam to Ada Louise Cooper (born circa December 1880 and died circa June 1955), daughter of William Carey and Mary Ann Thomas
Children: three sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated State Schools in York and Beverley
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Railway worker |
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Employed in Post Office 1891
From 1894 partner in road contracting business
1896 entered Traffic Branch Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR)
Helped his brothers develop a farm at Bally Bally but sold share to them in 1904
To Albany 1904, senior guard on great Southern route
On leaving Parliament rejoined WAGR |
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To Albany 1904
Circa 1920 prominent on Vigilance Committee
1921 All-Australian Trades Union Conference, Melbourne |
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Albany Advertiser, 5 September 1949.
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. 201.
Garden, DS. Albany: A Panorama of the Sound from 1827, p. 312.
Henn, PU. Genealogical notes on the main Western Australian pioneer families.
West Australian, 26 March 1924, 5 September 1949. |
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