John Church (politician)
| John Church | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 6 February 1932 – 8 April 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick Teesdale |
| Succeeded by | Aloysius Rodoreda |
| Constituency | Roebourne |
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| Born |
8 April 1859 Braintree, Essex, England |
| Died | 7 August 1937 (aged 78) West Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Nationalist |
| Religion | Anglican |
John Henry Church (8 April 1859 – 7 August 1937) was an Australian pastoralist and politician who was a Nationalist member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1932 to 1933, representing the seat of Roebourne.
Church was born in Braintree, Essex, England. He arrived in Western Australia in 1883, and lived in Perth until 1889, when he went to the North West. Church worked for a period as a jackeroo, including at Chirritta and Hamersley Stations, and was also involving in the emerging pearling and mining industries. In 1898, he acquired the lease on Woodbrook Station, near Roebourne. Early the following year, Church was convicted of assaulting one of his Aboriginal employees with a , and fined one shilling by the local magistrate. His defence had been that he had acted in self-defence. At the same time, his employee, who had been working for Church as a shepherd, was found guilty of neglecting his duties (resulting in the loss of some of Church's sheep), and sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. The matter received attention from a number of Perth newspapers, with The Sunday Times describing it as a "travesty of justice". The case was also reported in Sydney, with The Evening News remarking unfavourably upon the sentences given.
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