Michael Troy (politician)
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The Honourable Frank Troy |
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Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 1 November 1911 – 13 February 1917 |
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| Preceded by | Timothy Quinlan |
| Succeeded by | Bertie Johnston |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 24 June 1904 – 18 March 1939 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Wallace |
| Succeeded by | Lucien Triat |
| Constituency | Mount Magnet |
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13 October 1877 Pimlico, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 7 January 1953 (aged 75) Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
Michael Francis "Frank" Troy (13 October 1877 – 7 January 1953) was an Australian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1904 to 1939. A member of the Labor Party, he was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1911 to 1917, the first from that party to hold the position. Later in his career, Troy spent long periods as a frontbencher, serving as a minister in the first and second Collier governments, and then in the Willcock government (where he was deputy premier). After leaving parliament, he served as Agent-General for Western Australia from 1939 to 1947.
Troy's parents were Ellen (née Maloney) and Patrick Troy, both Irish Catholic immigrants from County Tipperary. He was born at Pimlico, New South Wales, the locality on the Richmond River (near Ballina) where his father's farm was located. Troy's father died when he was very young, and his mother subsequently moved her ten children to the nearby town of Wardell, where she ran a store. Initially training as a schoolteacher, Troy left the profession after only two years, and instead worked various jobs in the country. He arrived in Western Australia in 1897 with the intention of prospecting for gold in the colony's Murchison region. There, he became involved in the local trade union movement, serving in leadership roles with both the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and the Amalgamated Workers' Association (AWA) at various stages. Troy quickly rose to become secretary of the Murchison district AWA branch, succeeding John Holman (who had entered parliament).
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