Henry Kennedy Maley was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1917 to 1924 and again from 1929 to 1930.
16 Facts About Henry Maley
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Henry Maley was the state leader of the Country Party from 1922 to 1923, and a minister in the government of Sir James Mitchell from 1921 to 1924.
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Henry Maley attended the High School in Perth on a scholarship, and after leaving began working as a clerk for the Midland Railway Company.
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Henry Maley took over his father's farm in Greenough after the war's end, and owned land in Three Springs from 1907 to 1913.
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Henry Maley served as secretary of the Greenough Road Board, and was secretary of the Geraldton branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association.
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Henry Maley first stood for parliament at the 1905 state election, running unsuccessfully as a Ministerialist in the seat of Greenough.
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Henry Maley recontested Greenough for the Country Party at the 1917 election and was successful, defeating the sitting member, John Cunningham.
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Henry Maley was elected to the Country Party leadership in August 1922, following the resignation of Tom Harrison.
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Henry Maley supported the coalition, but at the 1924 state election was opposed by William Patrick, a member of the opposing faction.
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Some of Patrick's supporters directed their preferences to the Labor candidate, Maurice Kennedy, which resulted in Henry Maley losing his seat by a margin of just 25 votes on the two-party-preferred count.
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Henry Maley recontested Greenough as a Nationalist at the 1927 election, but was unsuccessful.
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Henry Maley died in office in October 1929, and at the resulting by-election Henry was elected as his successor.
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Henry Maley did not contest Irwin-Moore, but instead ran again in Greenough, as an independent.
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Henry Maley retired to Subiaco, and from 1929 to 1943 served on the Subiaco Municipal Council.
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Henry Maley had earlier served on the Rottnest Island board of control from 1923 to 1925.
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Henry Maley had married Mabel Louisa Bateman in 1911, with whom he had three sons.