| House |
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MLA |
| Party |
Forrest Party |
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| Date Elected |
26 May 1897 |
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| Electorate |
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Murchison |
| Service |
Electorates MLC Geraldton 27 October 1884–28 May 1885 (resigned) MLA Murchison 26 May 1897–24 April 1901 Contested Murchison, 24 April 1901, 10 December 1901 (min. by-election), Greenough 28 June 1904 |
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| Inaugural Speech |
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| Year Retired/Resigned |
1901 |
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| Personal Information |
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| Birth date |
Circa 1838* |
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| Place of birth |
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
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| Death date |
5 July 1912 |
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| Place of death |
Northampton, Western Australia |
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| Cemetery |
Gwallia Cemetery, Northampton, Western Australia |
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| Arrived in WA |
Arrived WA November 1867 on Zephyr with one brother and band of miners from Cornwall as manager of Geraldine lead mine |
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| Parents |
Son of Samuel and grandfather of Sir David Brand |
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| Marriage and Family |
Married (1) 17 November 1860, Parish Church, Uny Lelant, Cornwall, England to Mary Jane Stephens (born circa 1845), daughter of HughChildren: six sons and four daughtersWidowed 9 June 1883Married (2) 12 June 1890, District Registry Office Greenough to Hannah Cory (born 1874 England), daughter of Richard and Mary Ann StephensChildren: three sons and seven daughters |
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| Religion |
Methodist |
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| Occupation |
Mine manager |
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| Employment History |
In 1860 mining agent living at Uny Lelant, CornwallOpened Wheal Ellen Lead mine and othersBy 1880s became storekeeper, stock and station agent at Northampton |
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| Local Government |
Northampton Road Board member from 1872 Chairman 1876–1879 |
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| Background/Membership |
*Possibly baptised 28 October 1838 Cubert, Cornwall, son of Samuel, miner of Perranzabuloe and May AnneJustice of the Peace, 1882Honorary captain Volunteer CorpsMining inspectorPublished Looking Backwards: Reminiscences of Forty-Two Years (Geraldton 1911) |
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| References |
Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 140. Erickson, Rica. The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians pre 1829-1888, vol 3. Inquirer, 27 September 1871. Kimberly WB. History of West Australia, p. 177. |
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