Parliamentary Service |
|
|
MLA |
|
|
Forrest supporter—Conservative |
|
|
12 December 1890 |
|
|
Sussex |
|
|
Electorates
- MLA Sussex Dec 1890–3 May 1897
- Contested Vasse 31 October 1884
- Contested Sussex 3 May 1897
|
|
|
|
|
|
1897 |
|
Personal Information |
|
|
1828 |
|
|
Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
|
|
21 February 1909 |
|
|
Sandilands, Busselton, Western Australia |
|
|
Busselton churchyard, WA |
|
|
Son of Joseph Collier, physician, and Jane Urquhart |
|
|
Married 10 September 1873, St Mary’s Church, Busselton to his cousin Frances Glasford Cookworthy (born 3 March 1834–died 2 July 1928), daughter of John and Charlotte Spicer, stepdaughter of John Garrett Bussell
No children |
|
|
Church of England |
|
|
Educated for medical profession
|
|
|
Farmer |
|
|
Entered army, served with 14th Dragoons in Persia and India
Joined Indian Civil Service after Indian Mutiny
Visited Australia 1873 and settled in Busselton
Farmed at Sandilands, near Busselton, and took up land in other parts of Western Australia |
|
|
Sussex Road Board 1874–1880 |
|
|
1875 member of Board of Education
1877–1878 chairman
After inheriting property in England, visited there 1902–1907
Early advocate of women’s suffrage
1875 Justice of Peace |
|
|
BDWA I
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. 52.
Busselton–Margaret Times, 22 February 1909.
Henn PU Genealogical Notes, Battye Library.
South-Western News 26 February 1909. |
|
|
|