Sir James George Lee-Steere

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Sir James George Lee-Steere was a prominent 19th-century Western Australian politician and pastoralist who played a key role in the colony’s early parliamentary and financial administration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian politician
Western Australian colonial politician
pastoralist
person
areaOfActivity colonial administration
rural landholding
awardReceived Knighthood
birthDate 1830-07-04
birthPlace Ockley, Surrey, England NERFINISHED
citizenship Australia
United Kingdom
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Australia NERFINISHED
countryOfImmigration Australia NERFINISHED
countryOfService Western Australia NERFINISHED
deathDate 1903-12-01
deathPlace Perth, Western Australia NERFINISHED
era 19th century
ethnicGroup English
familyName Lee-Steere NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork pastoralism
politics
givenName James
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced development of Western Australian parliamentary institutions
financial governance of the Colony of Western Australia
legislativeBody Western Australian Legislative Assembly NERFINISHED
Western Australian Legislative Council NERFINISHED
middleName George NERFINISHED
movedTo Western Australia NERFINISHED
name Sir James George Lee-Steere NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Knight Bachelor NERFINISHED
notableFor role in early financial administration of Western Australia
role in early parliamentary administration of Western Australia
notableRole leader in colonial self-government in Western Australia
occupation justice of the peace
pastoralist
politician
positionHeld Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council
Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
regionOfActivity South West of Western Australia NERFINISHED
relative Lee-Steere family NERFINISHED
religion Anglicanism
residence Perth, Western Australia NERFINISHED
Western Australia NERFINISHED
spouse Catherine Anne Leake NERFINISHED
title Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia

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Treasurer of Western Australia officeHoldersInclude Sir James George Lee-Steere