Thomas Percy Draper
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The Honourable Thomas Draper CBE KC |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia |
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In office April 1921 – July 1939 |
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| Preceded by | John Rooth |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Jackson |
| Attorney-General of Western Australia | |
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In office 17 May 1919 – 12 March 1921 |
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| Premier | Sir James Mitchell |
| Preceded by | Robert Thomson Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Davy |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 2 September 1907 – 3 October 1911 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick Illingworth |
| Succeeded by | Eben Allen |
| Constituency | West Perth |
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In office 29 September 1917 – 12 March 1921 |
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| Preceded by | Eben Allen |
| Succeeded by | Edith Cowan |
| Constituency | West Perth |
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29 December 1864 Warrington, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 11 July 1946 (aged 81) West Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Nationalist (after 1917) |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
Thomas Percy Draper CBE KC (29 December 1864 – 11 July 1946) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1907 to 1911 and again from 1917 to 1921, and was attorney-general in the first government of Sir James Mitchell. He later served on the Supreme Court of Western Australia from 1921 to 1939.
Draper was born in Warrington, Lancashire, England, to Annie (née Webster) and Thomas Draper, his father being a tanner. He attended Tonbridge School before going on to Clare College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1886. Draper was called to the bar in England in 1891, as a member of the Inner Temple, but left for Western Australia the following year. He taught for a term at The High School in Perth, and then spent a period as an associate to Alfred Hensman, a judge on the Supreme Court. Draper went into private practice in 1894, and eventually became a partner in the firm of Stephen Henry Parker. He was elected to the Perth City Council in 1899, defeating Frank Wilson (a future premier), but resigned his seat in 1901.
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