Selby Munsie, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Selby Munsie

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1870

Date of Death: 12-Mar-1938

Profession: politician, trade unionist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Selby Munsie

  • Selby Walter Munsie (23 September 1870 – 12 March 1938) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1911 until his death, representing the seat of Hannans.
  • He served as a minister in the governments of Philip Collier and John Willcock. Munsie was born near Armidale, New South Wales, to Anna Maria (née Richardson) and Alexander Welch Munsie.
  • He was educated in Newcastle, and later worked for a period in the timber trade at nearby Wallsend.
  • Munsie came to Western Australia in 1895 to work on the goldfields, living first at Paddington and later in Kalgoorlie.
  • He eventually became president of the Federated Miners' Union (a forerunner of the national CFMEU).
  • At the 1911 state election, Munsie was elected to parliament, replacing the retiring Francis Ware as the member for the seat of Hannans.
  • After Labor's victory at the 1924 election, he was appointed a minister without portfolio in the new ministry formed by Philip Collier.
  • He was given a substantive position after the 1927 election, replacing Frank Troy as Minister for Mines and John Drew as Minister for Health.
  • Labor were defeated at the 1930 election, but were only out of office for a short period, returning in a landslide at the 1933 election.
  • Munsie regained his old portfolios, and retained them when John Willcock replaced Philip Collier as premier in 1936.
  • He died in Perth in March 1938, after an illness of about two months, and was granted a state funeral.

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