Everard O'Brien, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Everard O'Brien

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1907

Date of Death: 17-Aug-1971

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Everard O'Brien

  • Everard McDonnell O'Brien (9 April 1907 – 17 August 1971) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1952 to 1959, representing the seat of Murchison. O'Brien was born in Nunngarra, a locality near the town of Sandstone in Western Australia's Mid West region.
  • He went to school in Mount Margaret, and afterward worked as a labourer and shearer.
  • In the 1930s, he went to live in Perth, working initially as a labourer and later as a rail and tram conductor.
  • O'Brien returned to the Mid West in the 1940s, prospecting at Big Bell for a period and later serving as secretary of the Yalgoo Road Board.
  • He first ran for parliament at a 1947 Legislative Council by-election for Central Province, but lost to the Liberal Party's Harold Daffen.
  • O'Brien eventually entered parliament at the 1952 Murchison by-election, which was caused by the death of the sitting Labor member, William Marshall.
  • He was re-elected at the 1953 and 1956 state elections, but at the 1959 election was defeated by the Liberal candidate, Richard Burt.
  • O'Brien remained in Perth after leaving parliament, dying there in August 1971, aged 64.
  • He married twice, and had seven children in total, one of whom, Simon O'Brien, became a Liberal member of parliament.

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