At the 1950 state election, Sewell was again selected as the Labor candidate for Geraldton, and reversed the result from the previous contest, defeating Hall with 50.7 percent of the two-party-preferred vote.[2] After the 1956 election, he was made deputy chairman of committees in the government of Albert Hawke. In November 1957, following Arthur Moir's elevation to the ministry, he was made chairman of committees, serving in the position until the Labor government's defeat at the 1959 election.[1] Sewell remained in parliament until his retirement at the 1974 state election, after which he was replaced as the member for Geraldton by Jeff Carr.[2] He died in Geraldton in June 1980, aged 79. Sewell had married Bridget Ethel Connolly (née Kempton), a widow, in January 1926, with whom he had two children.[1]
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^ abcWilliam Hawkins Sewell – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ abcBlack, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN0730984095.
bill, sewell, politician, william, hawkins, sewell, february, 1901, june, 1980, australian, politician, labor, party, member, legislative, assembly, western, australia, from, 1950, 1974, representing, seat, geraldton, bill, sewellmember, legislative, assemblyo. William Hawkins Sewell 7 February 1901 13 June 1980 was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1950 to 1974 representing the seat of Geraldton Bill SewellMember of the Legislative Assemblyof Western AustraliaIn office 25 March 1950 30 March 1974Preceded byEdmund HallSucceeded byJeff CarrConstituencyGeraldtonPersonal detailsBorn 1901 02 07 7 February 1901Beverley Western Australia AustraliaDied13 June 1980 1980 06 13 aged 79 Geraldton Western Australia AustraliaPolitical partyLaborSewell was born in Beverley a small town in Western Australia s Wheatbelt region After leaving school he worked as a shearer for a period and later went to Geraldton where he eventually became a works foreman for the Geraldton Municipality A long time member of the Australian Workers Union AWU and the Labor Party Sewell first stood for parliament at the 1946 Legislative Council elections but was defeated in Central Province by the sitting Liberal member Charles Simpson 1 The following year he was selected as Labor s candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of Geraldton at the 1947 state election The retiring member was John Willcock a former Labor premier Sewell faced Liberal and Country Party opponents and despite polling 47 7 percent on first preference votes could only poll 49 9 percent of the two party preferred vote losing to Country candidate Edmund Hall 2 At the 1950 state election Sewell was again selected as the Labor candidate for Geraldton and reversed the result from the previous contest defeating Hall with 50 7 percent of the two party preferred vote 2 After the 1956 election he was made deputy chairman of committees in the government of Albert Hawke In November 1957 following Arthur Moir s elevation to the ministry he was made chairman of committees serving in the position until the Labor government s defeat at the 1959 election 1 Sewell remained in parliament until his retirement at the 1974 state election after which he was replaced as the member for Geraldton by Jeff Carr 2 He died in Geraldton in June 1980 aged 79 Sewell had married Bridget Ethel Connolly nee Kempton a widow in January 1926 with whom he had two children 1 References edit a b c William Hawkins Sewell Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia Retrieved 26 May 2016 a b c Black David Prescott Valerie 1997 Election statistics Legislative Assembly of Western Australia 1890 1996 Perth W A Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission ISBN 0730984095 Parliament of Western AustraliaPreceded byEdmund Hall Member for Geraldton1950 1974 Succeeded byJeff Carr Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bill Sewell politician amp oldid 1038475405, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
