Francis Willmott

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For his son, also a member of parliament, see Francis Drake Willmott.

Country Party
in Western Australia
In office
31 March 1915 – 30 July 1919
DeputyAlfred Piesse
Preceded byJames Gardiner
Succeeded byTom Harrison
Member of the Legislative Assembly
of Western Australia
In office
21 October 1914 – 12 March 1921
Preceded byCharles Layman
Succeeded byJohn Henry Smith
ConstituencyNelson
Member of the Legislative Council
of Western Australia
In office
11 May 1921 – 21 May 1926
Serving with John Ewing and Edwin Rose
Preceded byEphraim Clarke
Succeeded byWilliam Mann
ConstituencySouth-West Province
Personal details
Born1870
Country

Francis Edward Sykes Willmott (1870 – 29 January 1941) was an Australian politician who was a member of both houses of the

Country Party
from 1915 to 1919.

Early life

Willmott was born in

St John's College, Hurstpierpoint, and was a prefect in his final year. Willmott came to Western Australia in 1886, and initially worked on Edward Brockman's property in the South West. He later married Brockman's daughter, Frances Edith, and his brother-in-law, Edmund Vernon Brockman, was also a member of parliament. In 1896, Willmott went to Coolgardie to work on the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, supervising the tanks at Niagara and Mulline. He later supervised the construction of a road between Widgiemooltha and Esperance. Willmott eventually returned to the South West, and from 1902 to 1914 worked as a ranger for the Forests Department. He had a property near Bridgetown, where he had a dairy farm and fruit orchards.[1]

Politics

At the

the new ministry, and retained the position until his defeat at the 1921 state election, serving under two more Nationalist premiers (Hal Colebatch and James Mitchell).[1] He had resigned as Country Party leader in July 1919, and was replaced by Tom Harrison.[5]

Willmott's time out of parliament was short-lived, as within two months he won a Legislative Council by-election for

Busselton in 1938. He died in Perth in 1941, aged 70, after a period of ill health. Willmott's son, Francis Drake Willmott, and nephew, William Willmott, were also members of parliament.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Francis Edward Sykes Willmott – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  2. ISBN 0730984095
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  3. ^ "THE COUNTRY PARTY." – The West Australian, 13 November 1914.
  4. ^ "MR. WILLMOTT ELECTED LEADER." – Kalgoorlie Miner, 2 April 1915.
  5. ^ "CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP." – The West Australian, 31 July 1919.
  6. ^ "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS." – The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express, 18 May 1926.
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