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John Lindsay (Western Australian politician)

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243:, Lindsay served two tours of duty with a Western Australian regiment. He was refused permission to re-enlist after his first tour of duty, but supposedly stowed away on a troop ship and talked his way into continuing to serve. After the war's end, Lindsay did not return to Australia until 1905, when he took up land at 327: 606: 601: 596: 383: 621: 310:, both Lindsay and the Mitchell government were defeated. He was one of four government ministers to lose their seats (along with Mitchell, 626: 235:, Scotland, to Sarah (née Gillies) and William Lindsay. He arrived in Western Australia as a young man, having earlier spent two years in 616: 553: 300: 212: 36: 529: 335: 307: 296: 292: 284: 264: 220: 497: 288: 132: 611: 591: 323: 208: 192: 455: 439: 280: 244: 507: 472: 319: 268: 122: 86: 177: 295:, which saw a victory for the Nationalist–Country coalition, and was subsequently appointed to cabinet as 434:. Perth, : Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. 275:. He and Piesse belonged to separate factions of the party, which had split in 1923 due to disputes over 346:, dying there in 1957, aged 81. He had married Annie Sherwood in 1911, with whom he had four children. 386:, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2017. 355: 427: 276: 586: 581: 252: 8: 435: 407: 216: 181: 41: 248: 240: 207:(6 January 1876 – 12 December 1957) was an Australian politician who served as a 395: 563: 539: 522: 432:
Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996
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National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia
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from 1924 to 1933. He was a minister in the government of Sir
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as one of the region's first settlers. He was elected to the
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Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
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Australian military personnel of the Second Boer War
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Index

Legislative Assembly
Western Australia
Alfred Piesse
Lindsay Thorn
Toodyay
Frederick Warner
Mount Marshall
Glasgow
Claremont
Western Australia
Country
Country Party
Legislative Assembly
Western Australia
James Mitchell
Glasgow
Queensland
Boer War
Wyalkatchem
Dowerin Road Board
Wyalkatchem Road Board
1924 state election
seat of Toodyay
Alfred Piesse
the coalition
Nationalist Party
1927 election
seat of Mount Marshall
1930 election
Minister for Public Works

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