Charles Herbert Simpson (28 August 1887 – 12 June 1963) was an Australian politician who was a member of the
Legislative Council of
Western Australia
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from 1946 until his death. He served as a minister in the government of
Ross McLarty
Sir Duncan Ross McLarty, (17 March 1891 – 22 December 1962) was an Australian politician and the 17th Premier of Western Australia.
Early life
McLarty was born in Pinjarra, Western Australia, the youngest of seven children of Edward McLarty, ...
.
Simpson was born near
Yanac,
Victoria
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, to Mary Ann (née Stone) and John Michael Simpson. He moved to Western Australia at a young age, and in 1905 went to the
Murchison goldfields, living at
Youanmi for a period. Simpson lived in
Rhodesia
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from 1914 to 1916, and then enlisted in the
British Army
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, serving in England with the
Royal Engineers
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. He returned to Australia after the war's end, initially living in
Paynesville and later working as a storekeeper and land agent in
Pindar
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Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
At the
1946 Legislative Council elections, Simpson won a seat in
Central Province for the
Liberal Party
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. He became a government
whip
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in 1948, and after the
1950 state election was appointed
Minister for Transport
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,
Minister for Railways, and
Minister for Mines. Simpson served in cabinet until the McLarty government's defeat at the
1953 state election. He was leader of the Liberal Party in the Legislative Council from 1955 until 1958, when he instead joined the
Country Party. Simpson died in office in June 1963, aged 75. He had married Neta Annice Matyr in 1921, with whom he had two daughters.
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1887 births
1963 deaths
British Army personnel of World War I
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia
People from Victoria (state)
Royal Engineers soldiers