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Electorates
- MLC South-East Province 16 July 1894–2 May 1910 (resigned)
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1910 |
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Personal Information |
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22 March 1852 |
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Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
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3 February 1932 |
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‘Tandara’ Albany, Western Australia |
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Albany Cemetery, Western Australia |
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1887 to WA |
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Son of George, merchant, and Sarah Ann Johnson |
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Married 7 October 1897, St Pauls’ Church, Camperdown, Victoria to Isabella Cole (born circa 1866), daughter of Francis and Isabella Fenton
Children: one son |
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Church of England |
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Educated Victoria Government School and Grammar School Leek, England
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Lawyer and consul |
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1886 South Australia Bar
Established legal practice (bought from Mr Hare) at Albany 1888, later taking into partnership Robert Thomson Robinson and CB Cox
Vice-Consul for Sweden and Norway
Chancellor Diocese of Bunbury |
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Arrived Australia 1854 with parents who settled at Port Fairy, Victoria
1886 to South Australia
1920 gave 30 acres for woollen mills
Member Albany Bowling Club, Turf Club, Albany Club, Weld Club |
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Battye I, p. 335–36
Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 94.
BDWA II
Garden
West Australian, 5 February 1932. |
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