Howard Stirling "Mick" Raphael (13 June 1900 – 9 December 1944) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1930 until his death, representing the seat of Victoria Park. Outside of politics, his profession was dentistry. Raphael was born in

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, to Zara Jane (née Tuxford) and Joseph George Raphael. His great-uncle, William Wedd Tuxford, had been an MP in South Australia.Howard Stirling Raphael
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 23 May 2016. Raphael spent his early childhood in Adelaide, attending

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, and later moved to Perth, attending the Perth Boys School and St Patrick's Boys' School. He began working as a dental assistant after leaving school, and eventually became a dental surgeon. Raphael was elected to the

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in 1924, and would hold a seat on the council for the rest of his life. He had a prominent position as chairman of the council's electricity and gas committee. At the 1930 state election, Raphael was elected to the newly created seat of Victoria Park. He was re-elected at four more state elections, on each occasion with larger majorities. In October 1942, Raphael enlisted in a dental unit of the

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, and was given the rank of

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. He died suddenly in December 1944 (aged 44), while stationed in

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."CAPT H. S. RAPHAEL, M.L.A."
''The West Australian'', 11 December 1944. Raphael had been married twice, firstly to Vera Punston in 1925, with whom he had one son. He was widowed in 1932, and remarried in 1935 to Mary Stubbs, although he had no further children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphael, Howard 1900 births 1944 deaths Australian Army officers Australian dentists Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Australian Army personnel of World War II Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Politicians from Adelaide Perth City Councillors 20th-century dentists People educated at Pulteney Grammar School