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Frederick Illingworth

After his resignation from the Legislative Assembly in August 1907, he must have returned to Victoria, for he died at Brighton, Victoria on 8 September 1908, and was buried in Melbourne Cemetery.

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He was unable to do so, however, because George Leake refused to serve under him, and the other oppositionists would not serve without Leake.

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Following Leake's death in June 1902, Illingworth was not included in the ministry of Leake's successor Walter James.

Western Australian state election, 1901

Meanwhile, the Opposition had no clear leader, with the Parliamentary leader Frederick Illingworth and George Leake, who was seeking to return to Parliament in the election, both apparently contenders.

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