Charles Court

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Charles Court was a prominent Australian politician who served as Premier of Western Australia and played a key role in developing the state's resources sector in the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf Australian politician
human
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Australia NERFINISHED
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED
child Barry Court NERFINISHED
Ken Court NERFINISHED
Richard Court NERFINISHED
conflictParticipatedIn Second World War NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Australia
countryOfCitizenship Australia
countryOfDeath Australia NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1911-09-29
dateOfDeath 2007-12-22
ethnicGroup Australian of English descent
familyName Court NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork economic development
resource development policy
givenName Charles
honorificTitle Sir
languageSpoken English
memberOf Parliament of Western Australia NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party of Australia NERFINISHED
militaryService Australian Army NERFINISHED
name Charles Walter Michael Court NERFINISHED
notableAchievement expansion of North West Shelf natural gas projects
promotion of iron ore industry in Western Australia
notableFor conservative leadership style
strong support for large-scale resource projects in Western Australia
notableWork development of Western Australia resources sector
occupation politician
public servant
officeContested Parliament of Western Australia NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Crawley, Western Australia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Claremont, Western Australia NERFINISHED
positionHeld Minister for Industrial Development of Western Australia NERFINISHED
Minister for Mines of Western Australia
Premier of Western Australia NERFINISHED
Treasurer of Western Australia NERFINISHED
precededBy John Tonkin NERFINISHED
religion Anglicanism
representedElectorate Nedlands NERFINISHED
residence Perth, Western Australia NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Rita Steffanoni NERFINISHED
succeededBy Ray O'Connor NERFINISHED
termEnd 1982-01-25
termInOfficeAs Premier of Western Australia, 1974–1982
termStart 1974-04-08

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