Frederick William Teesdale (3 April 1864 – 14 December 1931) was an Australian politician who was a Nationalist Party member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1917 until his death, representing the seat of Roebourne. Teesdale was born in

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, England, to Sarah (née Clement) and Eli Teesdale. He came to Australia as a young man, and after periods living in

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and

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settled in the

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. Teesdale initially engaged in prospecting and pearling, but from 1889 kept a store in Roebourne. He served on the Roebourne Municipal Council from 1895 to 1897 and again from 1900 to 1901.Frederick William Teesdale
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 June 2016. Teesdale first stood for parliament at the 1914 state election, contesting Roebourne for the

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but losing to Joseph Gardiner of the Labor Party. He recontested the seat at the 1917 election for the Nationalist Party, and was elected. Teesdale was re-elected on another four occasions, including unopposed in 1924, but died in office in December 1931, of tuberculosis. He had married Lilian Hall (née Bruce), a widow, in 1893, but they had no children. He is buried in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Teesdale, Frederick 1864 births 1931 deaths 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Australia English emigrants to colonial Australia Infectious disease deaths in Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia People from Boston, Lincolnshire Western Australian local councillors Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery