Henry Lefroy
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The Honourable Sir Henry Lefroy KCMG |
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| Premier of Western Australia | |
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In office 28 June 1917 – 17 April 1919 |
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| Governor | Sir William Ellison-Macartney |
| Preceded by | Frank Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Hal Colebatch |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 2 August 1892 – 24 April 1901 |
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| Preceded by | George Randell |
| Succeeded by | Michael O'Connor |
| Constituency | Moore |
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In office 3 October 1911 – 12 March 1921 |
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| Preceded by | None (seat recreated) |
| Succeeded by | James Denton |
| Constituency | Moore |
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24 March 1854 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Died | 19 March 1930 (aged 75) Walebing, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Nationalist |
Sir Henry Bruce Lefroy KCMG (24 March 1854 – 19 March 1930) was the eleventh Premier of Western Australia.
Lefroy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 24 March 1854. His father was Anthony O'Grady Lefroy, Colonial Treasurer of Western Australia for over 30 years. Educated initially at Mrs McKnight's School in Perth; later he travelled to England, where he continued his studies at the Preparatory School at Exmouth, then at Elstree and finally at Rugby from 1868 to 1872. In 1893 Lefroy returned to Western Australia to take over management of his father's farm at Walebing, which he inherited upon his father's death in 1897. Lefroy was a member of the Victoria Plains Road Board from 1872 until 1899, and its chairman from 1876 to 1897. In 1874 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, and he was for a time a member of the local Board of Education. He married Rose Agnes Wittenoom in Perth on 15 April 1880, and they had three sons and a daughter.
On 2 August 1892, Lefroy was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Moore in a by-election. On 12 May 1897, he was appointed Minister for Education in John Forrest's government. He held this portfolio until 28 April 1898, when he instead became Minister for Mines. He did not contest the election of 24 April 1901, and so ceased to be a minister when parliament reconvened on 27 May.
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