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Electoral District Of Sussex
Sussex was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950. The district was based in south-western Western Australia, including areas such as Busselton and Margaret River, and was named for the Sussex land district which formed its original boundaries. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 election. It was safely conservative for its entire existence, and was always held by a member of the Liberal Party (or its predecessors) or the Country Party. From 1904 to 1917, the district's representative was Frank Wilson, who served as Premier of Western Australia from 1910 to 1911 and again from 1916 to 1917. Sussex was abolished at the 1950 election, and replaced with the new seat of Vasse. Its last member, Stewart Bovell of the Liberal Party, transferred to Vasse. Members Election results Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Districts Of Western Australia
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as ''electorates'' or ''seats''. The ''Electoral Distribution Act 1947'' requires regular review of electoral boundaries, in order to keep the relative size of electorates within certain limits. Electoral boundaries are determined by the Western Australian Electoral Commission. Electoral districts are subdivisions of electoral regions for the Legislative Council and have approximately an equal number of electors. The last electoral redistribution was completed in November 2019 and was first applied in the 2021 state election. List of electoral districts by electoral region * Agricultural electoral region ** Central Wheatbelt ** Geraldton ** Moore ** Roe * East Metropolitan electoral region ** Armadale ** Bassendean ** Belmont ** Darling Range ** Forrestfield ** Kalamunda ** Maylands ** Midland ** Mirrabooka ** Morley ** Mount Lawl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Bovell
Sir William Stewart Bovell (19 December 1906 – 15 September 1999) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electorates of Sussex and Vasse between 1947 and 1971. Bovell served as a minister for over a decade under the premiership of Sir David Brand. Early life Bovell was born in Busselton, Western Australia in 1906. He attended the Busselton Central School. During World War II, he served in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), reaching the rank of flight lieutenant. Public life After the death of sitting member for Sussex, William Willmott, Bovell was endorsed by the Liberal Party for the seat. At the resultant by-election in June 1947, Bovell was elected to the Western Australian Parliament, winning an absolute majority of votes against two unendorsed Liberal candidates. His uncle, George Barnard had held the seat between 1924 and 1933. Sussex was abolished in 1950, and Bovell followed most of his constituen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Willmott
William Henry Francis Willmott (16 May 1895 – 2 May 1947) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1938 until his death, representing the seat of Sussex. Willmott was born in Busselton, in Western Australia's South West region. His uncle, Francis Edward Sykes Willmott, and first cousin, Francis Drake Willmott, were both also members of parliament. As a boy, Willmott lived at the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse for several years, where his father was the lighthouse keeper. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in April 1916, and during the war served as a private with the 16th and 32nd Battalions. While fighting at Zonnebeke, Belgium, Willmott lost one of his legs. After the war's end, he returned to Busselton to farm, and also served on the board of a dairy company. Representing the Nationalist Party, Willmott was elected to parliament at the 1938 Sussex by-election, which had been caused by the death of the sitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Vernon Brockman
Edmund Vernon Brockman (28 April 1882 – 4 January 1938) was an Australian politician who was a Nationalist Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1933 until his death, representing the seat of Sussex. Brockman was born in Pemberton, in Western Australia's South West region, to Capel Carter (née Bussell) and Edward Reveley Brockman. Both his grandfathers, John Garrett Bussell and William Locke Brockman, were prominent early settlers of Western Australia, as was a great-uncle, Edmund Ralph Brockman, for whom he was named. Brockman attended Hale School, Perth, and Way College, Adelaide, and after leaving school farmed at Nannup. He was elected to the Nannup Road Board in 1909, and served on the board for most of his life, including as chairman for over 20 years. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalist Party Of Australia
The Nationalist Party, also known as the National Party, was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the latter formed by Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his supporters after the 1916 Labor Party split over World War I conscription. The Nationalist Party was in government (from 1923 in coalition with the Country Party) until electoral defeat in 1929. From that time it was the main opposition to the Labor Party until it merged with pro- Joseph Lyons Labor defectors to form the United Australia Party (UAP) in 1931. The party is a direct ancestor of the Liberal Party of Australia, the main centre-right party in Australia. History In October 1915 the Australian Prime Minister, Andrew Fisher of the Australian Labor Party, retired; Billy Hughes was chosen unanimously by the Labor caucus to succeed him. Hughes was a strong supporter of Australia's participation in World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Barnard (politician)
George William Barnard (17 July 1873 – 21 September 1941) was an Australian politician who was a Nationalist Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1924 to 1933, representing the seat of Sussex. Barnard was born in Busselton, Western Australia, to Martha (née Minion) and George William Barnard. He went into partnership with his father, a storekeeper, after leaving school, and eventually came to own a hotel and several other properties. Barnard served on the Busselton Municipal Council for over 20 years, including as mayor from 1907 to 1909 and again from 1915 to 1917.George William Barnard Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2017. He first stood for parlia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pickering (Australian Politician)
William George Pickering (20 September 1869 – 15 September 1953) was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for Sussex in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state. The Parliament sits in Parliament House in the Western Australian capital, Perth. The Legisla ... from 1917 to 1924. In 1920, he was the only member of the Legislative Assembly to vote against allowing women to stand for parliament. References 1869 births 1953 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Place of birth missing {{Australia-National-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australian Liberal Party (1911–1917)
The Western Australian Liberal Party was a political party which existed from 1911 until 1917 in the Australian state of Western Australia. Background The Party, which had its roots in various earlier political movements, came together in the period immediately prior to the 1911 state election under the guidance of Sir John Forrest, the Federal member for Swan and former Premier of Western Australia, and other leading political figures in the State. It was assembled in response to the solid organisation of the Labor Party and had the aim of assisting Ministerial members in winning seats and retaining power in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Party did not involve itself in Federal politics, although many of its members were also associated with the Commonwealth Liberal Party and assisted Liberal candidates and members from Western Australia in that capacity. The massive defeat of the Ministerial faction by Labor in that election resulted in what remained of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent (politician)
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Yelverton (Australian Politician)
Henry John Yelverton (6 April 1854 – 14 January 1906) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in the Electoral district of Sussex from 1901 to 1904. The son of Henry Yelverton, a timber miller, Yelverton was born in Fremantle, Western Australia on 6 April 1854. He was educated at the Christian Brothers College before entering his father's business as a timber contractor in 1872. He later worked as a merchant, farmer and pastoralist. In January 1878, he married Eloise Guerrier; they had four sons and five daughters. When his father died in 1880, Yelverton took over his business. It was eventually bought out by the Imperial Jarrah Wood Corporation, which was subsequently merged into Millars Karri and Jarrah Forests Limited. Yelverton began to take in interest in public life, and in 1900 became a Justice of the Peace. On 24 April 1901, he successfully stood for election to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly The Western Australian Legislative As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Locke
Ernest Charles Bavage Locke (9 September 1856 – 5 February 1937) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1897 to 1901, representing the seat of Sussex. Locke was born in Busselton, Western Australia, to Mary (née Layman) and John Bavage Locke. His cousin, Charles Layman, was also a member of parliament. Locke farmed at Wonnerup for much of his life, but his chief interest was horse racing, both as a breeder and owner. With his brother, he won the 1886 Mooney Valley Cup with Isonomy and the 1893 Railway Stakes with Lockeville, as well as many other races.Ernest Charles Bavage Locke – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2016. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Cookworthy
Joseph Cookworthy (1828 – 21 February 1909) was a settler of Western Australia. He arrived in the colony in 1873, having previously been an army officer and civil servant in India. Cookworthy served in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1890 until 1897, representing the seat of Sussex. Early life Cookworthy was born in Plymouth, Devon, England, to Jane (née Urquhart) and Joseph Collier Cookworthy. He trained as a physician, but did not take up the profession, instead joining the British Army. He served with the 14th Dragoons in Persia and India, but after the Indian Mutiny of 1857 joined the Indian Civil Service. Cookworthy came to Western Australia in 1873, settling at Busselton (in the colony's South West region). He was elected to the Sussex Road Board the following year, serving until 1880, and also became a justice of the peace. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
