1. Sir Edward Horne Wittenoom KCMG was an Australian politician who served intermittently in the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1883 and 1934, including as President of the Legislative Council from 1922 to 1926.
21 Facts About Edward Wittenoom
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Edward Wittenoom sat in the Legislative Council from 1883 to 1884,1885 to 1886,1894 to 1898,1902 to 1906, and finally from 1910 to 1934.
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Edward Wittenoom was educated at Bishop Hale's School in Perth, then at 15 worked at Bowes sheep station at Northampton from the age of 15.
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In 1881, Edward Wittenoom purchased the Geraldton station White Peak from John Drummond, and established a sheep stud farm there.
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Edward Wittenoom ran a stock and station agency in Geraldton in 1886 and 1887, but later sold it.
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Edward Wittenoom was president of the Pastoralists' Association from 1912 to 1915, and again in 1917.
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From around 1883, Edward Wittenoom became increasingly involved in public life.
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Edward Wittenoom resigned the seat on 23 January 1884 and was replaced by John Sydney Davis.
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Edward Wittenoom again won the seat in a by-election on 25 June 1885 but resigned again on 6 November 1886.
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Edward Wittenoom became a member of the Murchison Road Board in 1890.
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On 16 July 1894 Edward Wittenoom was elected to the Legislative Council for the Central Province.
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At that time, newly appointed ministers were required to re-contest their seats, so Edward Wittenoom resigned his seat on 19 December, and was re-elected in the subsequent ministerial by-election of 16 January 1895.
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Edward Wittenoom retained his seat and ministerial portfolio until the general election of 28 April 1898, which he did not contest.
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On returning to Western Australia, Edward Wittenoom was again elected to the Legislative Council on 12 May 1902, this time for the North Province.
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Edward Wittenoom held his seat until 6 November 1906, when he resigned to contest a seat in the Australian Senate in the federal election of 12 December.
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Edward Wittenoom stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Western Australian Party.
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Edward Wittenoom returned to state politics in the following election, winning a North Province seat in the Legislative Council on 13 May 1910.
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Edward Wittenoom held this seat for 24 years, finally losing after declining to contest the election of 12 May 1934.
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Edward Wittenoom spent a brief period as consul for France in Western Australia.
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Edward Wittenoom died at West Perth on 5 March 1936, and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery.
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The town of Edward Wittenoom is named for his brother, Frank Edward Wittenoom.