John Collings Willcock was the 15th Premier of Western Australia, serving from 1936 until 1945.
11 Facts About John Willcock
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John Willcock was a member of the Australian Labor Party.
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John Willcock was born at Frogmoor, New South Wales on 9 August 1879.
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John Willcock was employed on the Fremantle Harbour Works until 1899, then spent two years as an engine driver or cleaner for Western Australian Government Railways.
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John Willcock was made a member of the executive of the Australian Workers' Union, and became secretary of the Parliamentary Labor Party.
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On 16 April 1924, John Willcock was appointed Minister for Railways and Justice and Minister for Police in the Collier ministry.
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John Willcock held the Police portfolio until 25 June 1928, and the Railways and Justice portfolio until the defeat of the Collier government on 23 April 1930.
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John Willcock relinquished the Education portfolio on 26 March 1935, when he was reappointed deputy leader.
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John Willcock dropped the Forests portfolio on 9 December 1943, but held the other offices for nearly nine years, resigning for reasons of ill health on 31 July 1945.
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John Willcock died on 7 June 1956 at St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia, and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery.
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John Willcock College, established in Geraldton in 1975, was named after Willcock until it was renamed Champion Bay Senior High School.