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George Foley
George James Foley (28 November 1872 – 27 October 1945) was an Australian politician from Western Australia. He was the member for the Western Australian seat of Electoral district of Mount Leonora, Mount Leonora from 1911 until 1920, initially for the Australian Labor Party, Labor Party until 1917 when he joined the National Labor Party. He then entered the Federal Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives as the Nationalist Party of Australia, Nationalist member for the seat of Division of Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie, which he held until 1922. Biography Foley was born in Walhalla, Victoria, Walhalla on the Victoria (Australia), Victorian goldfields to Thomas Foley, a miner and railway employee, and Elizabeth Foley (née Stamp). He was educated at local schools before entering a state training college in Melbourne and gaining employment with a newspaper in Richmond, Victoria, Richmond. He moved to Western Australia in 1895 and took up gold mining, becoming part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Kalgoorlie
The Division of Kalgoorlie was an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia, named after the city of Kalgoorlie. The Division was proclaimed in 1900 as one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election in 1901. In its final form, it covered most of the land area of Western Australia, with a size of —over 90 percent of the state's landmass (an area the size of France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Poland and Great Britain combined). It included the Goldfields-Esperance, Gascoyne, Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia, in addition to the eastern and far northern parts of the Mid West region, and the town of Merredin. It was the largest single-member electorate by area in the world—almost a third of the continent. History For most of its history, Kalgoorlie was split between strongly pro-Labor territory in the mining regions and more conservative-leaning farming areas, and from 1980s Labor also benefited from the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
