Arthur Dix Marshall (5 August 1934 – 7 June 2018) was an Australian politician and sportsman from

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Biography

Marshall was born in

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in 1934 to Horrie and Eunice Marshall. He was educated at Palmyra Primary School, Fremantle Boys High School, and

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, where he was a house captain and prefect. He had three children with his wife Helen, including

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, a local television newsreader. Marshall died from

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on 7 June 2018.

Sporting career

Marshall played

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for

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in the

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(WANFL). Between 1954 and 1961 played 20 league for East Fremantle. In 1955 and 1956 he entered the

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, losing in the first and third rounds respectively. In later life Marshall served as a football commentator with the

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, and established the Arthur Marshall Tennis Academy in 1958.

Politics

Marshall first contested a seat at the 1990 Fremantle state by-election as a

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candidate. He achieved 35.70% of the vote against

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candidate

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's 33.75%, but lost after the distribution of preferences. He won the seat of

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in the 1993 election, succeeding Keith Read. A redistribution in 1994 saw the seat abolished and he was elected to the new seat of Dawesville at the 1996 election. He was re-elected in 2001 and retired at the 2005 election. Marshall was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the

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for "service to the community through fundraising for a range of not-for-profit organisations, to sport, and to the Parliament of Western Australia".

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Mr Arthur Dix Marshall
from the 'Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook' 1934 births 2018 deaths Australian rules football commentators Australian rules footballers from Fremantle Australian male tennis players East Fremantle Football Club players Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Politicians from Perth, Western Australia People educated at Wesley College, Perth Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Australian sportsperson-politicians 21st-century Australian politicians Tennis players from Perth, Western Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub