Charles North (politician)
Albert Hawke | |
|---|---|
| Preceded by | Joseph Sleeman |
| Succeeded by | Aloysius Rodoreda |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for Claremont | |
| In office 22 March 1924 – 7 April 1956 | |
| Preceded by | John Thomson |
| Succeeded by | Harold Cromellin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1887 Liberal (from 1945) |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
Charles Frederic John North (14 September 1887 – 30 September 1979) was an Australian lawyer and politician who was a member of the
Liberal Party. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
from 1947 to 1953.
Early life
North was born in
Commonwealth Liberal Party, standing for the Senate.[3] North served as a captain in the No. 16 Squadron RAF in World War I, as an observer-air gunner.[1] He returned to Western Australia after the conclusion of the war, practising as a solicitor in Perth. He was elected to the Cottesloe Municipal Council in 1921, and served as Mayor of Cottesloe from 1923 to 1924.[1]
Politics
North was elected to the
Returned and Services League (RSL), and as patron of the Claremont Football Club and North Cottesloe Surf Life-saving Club.[8]
In July 1947, following the anti-
King George VI in 1937.[2] In 1916, he had married Bessie Saddington, with whom he had two daughters.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d North, Charles Frederic (1887–1979) – Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ a b c Charles Frederick John North – thepeerage.com. Last updated 21 July 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ (31 July 1914). "THE SENATE CANDIDATES." – Western Mail. Retrieved from Trove, 17 March 2015.
- ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.
- ^ Black and Prescott (1997), p. 58.
- ^ Black, David, and Bolton, Geoffrey (1990). Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: Volume One (1870–1930) Archived 29 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine, p. 152.
- ^ "DOUGLAS SOCIAL CREDIT" – The West Australian. Published 7 March 1934.
- ^ a b "ELECTION OF SPEAKER. Mr. C. F. J. North Takes Office." – The West Australian. Published 1 August 1947.
- ISBN 0-7309-3983-9.
- ^ Black and Prescott (1997), p. 59.
