The Catholic Vicar General, Father Anselm Bourke, established the Education Defence League with their assistance.
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The seat was generally safe for non-Labor candidates and parties throughout its existence, although a redistribution following the abolition of the seat of Perth prior to the 1950 election, which extended the seat east to Barrack Street, enabled Labor to hold the seat for its final three terms.
Electoral district of West Perth, a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia
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He was supported by some Ministerial members of Parliament and by Timothy Quinlan, the member for West Perth who had recently joined the Opposition grouping.