East Perth was an
electoral district
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of the
Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of
Western Australia
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from 1890 to 1962.
Based in inner urban
Perth
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, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the
1890 election. The district's member from 1894 to 1904 was
Walter James
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People
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* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
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, who served as
Premier of Western Australia
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from 1902 to 1904. When the district was abolished at the
1962 election, its member at the time,
Herb Graham
Herbert Ernst Graham (6 April 1911 – 17 March 1982) was an Australian politician.
Biography
Graham was born in Narrogin, Western Australia on 6 April 1911 to parents from South Australia. Graham attended school in Narrogin and Northam.
H ...
of the
Labor Party, transferred to the new seat of
Balcatta.
Members
Election results
East Perth
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