12 Facts About Horace Sholl

Horatio William "Horace" Sholl was an Australian pastoralist and politician in Western Australia.

Horace Sholl served in the Legislative Council for a short period in 1888, and was later a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1891 to 1897.

Horace Sholl's mother was an immigrant from Ireland, while his father, a Cornishman, was a government magistrate.

Horace Sholl left Perth at the age of 14 to join his parents in Roebourne, a newly founded settlement in what is referred to as the Pilbara region.

Horace Sholl eventually entered the pearling industry with his brother, and with the profits was able to buy a large station on the Yule River.

Horace Sholl's resignation was praised as an act of "self-sacrifice" by The Western Mail.

In 1891, Horace Sholl returned to parliament as a member of the Legislative Assembly, which had only been created the previous year.

Horace Sholl won a by-election for the seat of Roebourne, caused by the resignation of George Leake.

Leake was the first member of the Legislative Assembly to resign his seat, and Horace Sholl became the first member to be elected at a by-election.

Horace Sholl was re-elected at the 1894 and 1897 general elections, but left parliament at the 1901 election.

Horace Sholl eventually retired to Peppermint Grove, a riverside suburb of Perth.

Horace Sholl had married Jessie Cave in 1884, with whom he had three sons and seven daughters.