John Holman (politician)
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John B. Holman AM |
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| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Western Australia |
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In office 1901–1921 |
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In office 1923–1925 |
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26 February 1872 Clunes, Victoria |
| Died | 23 February 1925 (aged 52) St John of God Hospital, Subiaco |
| Resting place |
Karrakatta Cemetery 31°58′11.32″S 115°47′54.3″E / 31.9698111°S 115.798417°E |
| Nationality |
 Australian
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| Spouse(s) | Katherine Rowe |
| Children | May Holman, Edward Holman |
John Barkell Holman (26 February 1872 – 23 February 1925) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1901 to 1921 and 1923 to 1925.
Born in Clunes, Victoria, on 26 February 1872, John Holman was the son of Cornish miner Edward Holman and Mary Anne née Barkell. His father was born in 1841 at Gwinear, Cornwall and his mother in 1837, St Austell, Cornwall. He was educated at Bendigo, then worked as a miner, first at Bendigo, where he became a member of the Bendigo Miners' Association in 1886; and later at Broken Hill, where he was involved in the strike of 1892. On 14 February 1893 he married Katherine Mary Rowe at Broken Hill; they would have four sons and six daughters.
Holman migrated to Western Australia in 1893. He became active in the Labour movement, leading a strike at Day Dawn in 1896, and becoming a workers' advocate before the State Arbitration Court for many unions. By 1901 he was working in the Murchison district as a journalist, and was an organiser for the Amalgamated Workers Union. He contested the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Mount Magnet in the election of April 1901, but was defeated by Frank Wallace.
On 10 December 1901 John Holman was elected to the Legislative Assembly seat of North Murchison in a ministerial by-election, defeating Frederick Moorhead. The following year he was elected general president of the Western Australian branches of the Australian Workers' Union. In 1904 the seat of North Murchison was abolished, and Holman contested and won the seat of Murchison. He would hold this seat for nearly 17 years. From 10 August 1904 to 7 June 1905 he was Minister for Railways and Labour in Henry Daglish's short-lived Labor ministry.
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