Arthur Wilson (Western Australian politician)

Arthur Wilson
OBE
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
for Collie
In office
11 September 1908 – 17 February 1947
Preceded byJohn Ewing
Succeeded byHarry May
Personal details
Born
Arthur Alan Wilson

(1864-04-03)3 April 1864
Dalry, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Died19 August 1948(1948-08-19) (aged 84)
Inglewood, Western Australia
Resting placeKarrakatta Cemetery
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabor Party
OccupationCoal miner
Military service
AllegianceAustralia
Branch/serviceAustralian Army
Years of service1917–1919

Arthur Alan Wilson OBE was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Collie in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1908 to 1947.[1][2]

He was also a writer and editor.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Western Australia. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  2. ^ "MR. A. WILSON DEAD". The West Australian. Vol. 64, no. 19, 375. Western Australia. 20 August 1948. p. 4 (Air Edition). Retrieved 15 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "LAYS AND TALES OF THE MINES". The Daily News. Vol. XXXV, no. 13, 045. Western Australia. 2 December 1916. p. 10 (THIRD EDITION). Retrieved 20 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia. noting that Trove entry for this item has a different birth date
  4. ^ Wilson, Arthur; Wilson, Dalry. [Poems. Selections] (1929), Cantatas, poems and songs, A. Guthrie, retrieved 20 January 2018
  5. ^ Wilson, Arthur (1944), Mining lays, tales and folk-lore : being an amended and extended narrative resume of humorous and pathetic deeds of heroism, etc., in the folk-lore and annals of mining at home and abroad ([Rev. & enl. ed.] ed.), Patersons Printing Press, retrieved 20 January 2018