^ abHarry Arthur Fletcher – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^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. ISBN0730984095.
harry, fletcher, politician, harry, arthur, fletcher, 1910, october, 1990, australian, politician, labor, party, member, legislative, assembly, western, australia, from, 1959, 1977, representing, seat, fremantle, harry, fletchermember, legislative, assemblyof,. Harry Arthur Fletcher 28 May 1910 17 October 1990 was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1959 to 1977 representing the seat of Fremantle Harry FletcherMember of the Legislative Assemblyof Western AustraliaIn office 21 March 1959 19 February 1977Preceded byJoseph SleemanSucceeded byJohn TroyConstituencyFremantlePersonal detailsBorn 1910 05 28 28 May 1910Melbourne Victoria AustraliaDied17 October 1990 1990 10 17 aged 80 Hilton Western Australia AustraliaPolitical partyLaborFletcher was born in Melbourne but moved to Perth with his parents as an infant After leaving school he worked a variety of odd jobs and travelled around the state spending time in the Goldfields the Mid West in Meekatharra and the Kimberley on Koolan Island Fletcher enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy in July 1941 and during the war served on HMAS Bungaree and HMAS Paterson as an engine room artificer He returned to Perth after the war s end initially working as a fitter at the Midland Railway Workshops and then later at the East Perth and South Fremantle Power Stations 1 A shop steward for the Amalgamated Engineering Union and a long time member of the Labor Party Fletcher was elected to parliament at the 1959 state election replacing the retiring Joseph Sleeman 2 He served as deputy chairman of committees from 1972 to 1973 in the government of John Tonkin and retired at the 1977 election 1 References edit a b Harry Arthur Fletcher Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia Retrieved 21 May 2016 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 byJoseph Sleeman Member for Fremantle1959 1977 Succeeded byJohn Troy Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harry Fletcher politician amp oldid 1184808649, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
