Francis Edward Sykes Willmott

The Honourable Francis Willmott
Leader of the Country Party in Western Australia
In office 31 March 1915 – 30 July 1919
Deputy	Alfred Piesse
Preceded by	James Gardiner
Succeeded by	Tom Harrison
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
In office 21 October 1914 – 12 March 1921
Preceded by	Charles Layman
Succeeded by	John Henry Smith
Constituency	Nelson
Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia
In office 11 May 1921 – 21 May 1926 Serving with John Ewing and Edwin Rose
Preceded by	Ephraim Clarke
Succeeded by	William Mann
Constituency	South-West Province
Personal details
Born	1870 Kirkley, Suffolk, England
Died	29 January 1941 (aged 70) Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	Country

Francis Edward Sykes Willmott (1870 – 29 January 1941) was an Australian politician who was a member of both houses of the Parliament of Western Australia, serving in the Legislative Assembly from 1914 to 1921, and then in the Legislative Council from 1921 to 1926. He was the leader of the Country Party from 1915 to 1919.

Willmott was born in Kirkley, Suffolk, England, where his father, Henry Willmott, was the rector. He was educated at St John's College, Hurstpierpoint, and was a prefect in his final year. Willmott came to Western Australia in 1886, and initially worked on Edward Brockman's property in the South West. He later married Brockman's daughter, Frances Edith, and his brother-in-law, Edmund Vernon Brockman, was also a member of parliament. In 1896, Willmott went to Coolgardie to work on the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, supervising the tanks at Niagara and Mulline. He later supervised the construction of a road between Widgiemooltha and Esperance. Willmott eventually returned to the South West, and from 1902 to 1914 worked as a ranger for the Forests Department. He had a property near Bridgetown, where he had a dairy farm and fruit orchards.

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