Francis John Ware (13 September 1874 – 13 October 1929) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1905 to 1911, representing the seat of Hannans. Ware was born in

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, to Maria (née Sly) and John Bowhay Ware. After leaving school, he was apprenticed to a tailor in Ballarat. He arrived in Western Australia in 1898, in the aftermath of the

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, and established his own business in

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. Ware was prominent in the Clothing Trades Union, and from 1902 to 1905 was president of the

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for the

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.Francis John Ware
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2017. He was elected to parliament at the 1905 state election, having won the Labor

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ballot for Hannans unopposed after the withdrawal of the sitting member,

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. Ware was re-elected at the 1908 election, but did not recontest his seat at the 1911 election and was replaced by

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. He moved to

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after leaving politics, opening a tailor's shop in Subiaco. Ware died in October 1929, after being run over by a motorist in Murray Street."WHO'S WHO—AND WHERE"
''Call News-Pictorial'', 18 October 1929. He had married Caroline Elizabeth Wulff in 1906, with whom he had six children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ware, Francis 1874 births 1929 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Trade unionists from Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Politicians from Ballarat Road incident deaths in Western Australia 20th-century Australian politicians Pedestrian road incident deaths