Alick McCallum
Alexander McCallum | |
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Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly | |
In office 12 March 1921 – 16 March 1935 | |
Preceded by | Samuel Rocke |
Succeeded by | Tom Fox |
Constituency | South Fremantle |
Personal details | |
Born | Fremantle, Western Australia , Australia | 28 October 1877
Spouse |
Elizabeth Ferres (m. 1902) |
Occupation | Bookbinder |
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Alexander McCallum (28 October 1877 – 12 July 1937) was an Australian politician. He was the
In December 1924 a strike was instigated by the Seamen's Union.[3]
While the media viewed the union leader Thomas Fox with cynicism, McCallum was considered a moderate around the issue who is able to see both points of view of the conflict.[4]
Early life
McCallum was born on 28 October 1877 in Thebarton, South Australia.[5] He was the son of Margaret (née McPhee) and Hugh McCallum; his father worked as a labourer.[1]
McCallum was raised on his parents' farm in Thebarton. He attended public schools until the age of twelve, when he began working at a printer's office. He was briefly indentured to a harness-maker, then at the age of fourteen was apprenticed to a bookbinder. He also volunteered for military service in South Australia's colonial forces as a member of the infantry militia.[5]
McCallum completed his apprenticeship with the firm of
References
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- ^ OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Footballers in the House" (PDF). Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- The Bundaberg Mail. Vol. 54, no. 8, 858. Queensland, Australia. 9 December 1924. p. 6. Retrieved 2 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ISSN 0312-6145.
- ^ a b McCallum, Carolyne; Wallace, Lesley (2005). "Growing up in South Australia 1877–1897". Alex McCallum: an extraordinary Western Australian. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ McCallum, Carolyne; Wallace, Lesley (2005). "Rising through the union ranks 1898–1911". Alex McCallum: an extraordinary Western Australian. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Retrieved 25 May 2024.