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John Charles Griffiths Foulkes
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Birth | | Date: 22 March 1861
Place: Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom |
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Arrival in WA | | 1890 |
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Parents | | John Griffiths, farmer, Denbighshire, and Mary Ann Charles |
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Marriage and Family | | Brother in law of Adam Jameson
Married 23 April 1892, St Georges Cathedral, Perth to Janette Griffiths Jameson, daughter of Reverend Charles Adam, Minister Scotch Church, and Grace Chalmers
No children |
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Death | | Date: 4 December 1935
Place: Chiswick, London, England, United Kingdom |
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Religion | | None |
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Education | | Educated at Shrewsbury 1875–1881 and St John’s College, Cambridge 1881–1884
Articles Wrexham 1881–1884 |
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Occupation | | Lawyer |
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Employment History | | Articled as solicitor at Wrexham with Sir Evan Morris
Lieutenant 1st Volunteer Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
With Sholl and Foulkes, Bunbury
1896 set up practice in Perth
Board of Management Perth Hospital 1904 |
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House | | MLC
MLA |
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Party | | Liberal |
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Date Elected | | 16 July 1894 |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by John Foulkes |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1911 |
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Electorate | | South-West |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- MLC South West Province 16 July 1894–27 July 1896
- MLA Claremont 11 June 1902 (by-election)–3 October 1911
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees December 1903–July 1904
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Background/Membership | | Circa 1913 returned to England |
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References | | 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. 75-76. |
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