Walter Dwyer
| Sir Walter Dwyer | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 3 October 1911 – 21 October 1914 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Brown |
| Succeeded by | James Connolly |
| Constituency | Perth |
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27 August 1875 Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Died | 22 March 1950 (aged 74) Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Alma mater | University of London |
Sir Walter Dwyer (27 August 1875 – 22 March 1950) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1911 to 1914, and later serving as the presiding judge on the State Court of Arbitration from 1926 to 1945.
Dwyer was born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland. He emigrated to Australia in 1891, and initially lived in Melbourne, where he taught at Christian Brothers College, East Melbourne. In 1895, Dwyer moved to Western Australia, where he worked as a clerk in the Education Department. He also studied law part-time, serving his articles of clerkship in Kalgoorlie, and in 1906 completed a law degree (LL.B.) with the University of London through external study. Dwyer practised law in Kalgoorlie from 1907 to 1909, and then moved to Perth. He was called to the bar in 1907.
At the 1911 state election, Dwyer stood as the Labor Party candidate for the seat of Perth, having joined the party only the previous year. He defeated the sitting Liberal member, Harry Brown, becoming the first member of the Labor Party to hold the seat. While in parliament, Dwyer helped to draft legislation for the new Labor government of John Scaddan, including an industrial arbitration act, an act to protect borrowers of money, and an act to protect renters. However, he was defeated by James Connolly at the 1914 election, and subsequently returned to his legal practice. He later came to regard the loss of his seat after just a single term as a "blessing in disguise".
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