John Tonkin
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John Tonkin was an Australian Labor politician who served as Premier of Western Australia from 1971 to 1974 and held several key ministerial roles during a long state parliamentary career.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian politician
ⓘ
Premier of Western Australia ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Companion of the Order of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-02-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-10-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Claremont Teachers College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralDistrictRepresented |
Melville
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North-East Fremantle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1974-04-08 ⓘ |
| familyName | Tonkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
cabinet minister
ⓘ
state premier ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | AC ⓘ |
| knownFor |
education policy reforms in Western Australia
ⓘ
long service in Western Australian state politics ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Western Australian Legislative Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livedIn | Fremantle, Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Australian Labor Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Led the first Labor government in Western Australia since 1959 ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ |
| officeContested | Premier of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | York, Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Perth, Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | centre-left ⓘ |
| politicalOfficeScope | state ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Deputy Premier of Western Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition (Western Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly ⓘ Minister for Education (Western Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ Premier of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Treasurer of Western Australia ⓘ |
| precededBy | David Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Rosalie Tonkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1971-03-03 ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Charles Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEndAsPremierOfWesternAustralia | 1974 ⓘ |
| termStartAsPremierOfWesternAustralia | 1971 ⓘ |
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