Charles Roy Abbey (24 November 1913 – 2 September 1982) was an Australian farmer and politician who served as a

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member of the Legislative Council of

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from 1958 to 1977. Abbey was born in Fremantle to Clara Gertrude (née Berry) and Charles Thomas Abbey. His parents moved to

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(a Wheatbelt farming community) when he was a small child. Abbey worked as a shop assistant after leaving school and then turned to farming, leasing a property near the

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for five years before purchasing it outright. He was prominent in local agricultural circles and also served on the Beverley Road Board from 1953 to 1962. Abbey entered parliament at the 1958 Legislative Council election, defeating Norm Baxter of the Country Party in Central Province. After a redistribution, he transferred to West Province at the 1965 state election, which he held until his retirement in 1977. Abbey retired to

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, dying there in September 1982 (aged 68). He had married Winifred Doreen Strange in 1941, with whom he had one daughter.Charles Roy Abbey
Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbey, Charles 1913 births 1982 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council People from Beverley, Western Australia Western Australian local councillors 20th-century Australian farmers