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Charles Oldham

He also served on the council of the Conchological Society, the British Ornithologists’ Club and the Freshwater Biological Association.

Electoral district of North Perth

Its first election was notable in producing Western Australia's first Labor member of Parliament, Charles Oldham, who was a former president of the Trades and Labor Council and had become an employer, and hence could afford to run in the days prior to payment of members.

Western Australian state election, 1897

As payment of members was not introduced until 1900, the Political Labour Party, formed in 1896, had found it difficult to attract candidates who could afford to enter Parliament, but three of its candidates ran for election, and Charles Oldham, a former president of the Trades and Labor Council, became the first Labour member of Parliament in Western Australia.

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