Charles Abbey
Charles Abbey | |
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Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia | |
In office 22 May 1958 – 21 May 1965 | |
Preceded by | Norm Baxter |
Succeeded by | None (reconstituted) |
Constituency | Central Province |
In office 22 May 1965 – 21 May 1977 | |
Preceded by | None (new seat) |
Succeeded by | Neil Oliver |
Constituency | West Province |
Personal details | |
Born | Liberal | 24 November 1913
Charles Roy Abbey (24 November 1913 – 2 September 1982) was an Australian farmer and politician who served as a
Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia
from 1958 to 1977.
Abbey was born in
Country Party in Central Province. After a redistribution, he transferred to West Province at the 1965 state election, which he held until his retirement in 1977. Abbey retired to Mandurah, dying there in September 1982 (aged 68). He had married Winifred Doreen Strange in 1941, with whom he had one daughter.[1]
References
- ^ Charles Roy Abbey, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2017.