Charles Court

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Charles Court was a prominent Australian politician who served as Premier of Western Australia and played a key role in developing the state's resources sector in the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf Australian politician
human
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Australia
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
child Barry Court
Ken Court
Richard Court
conflictParticipatedIn Second World War
linked to: World War II
countryOfBirth Australia
countryOfCitizenship Australia
countryOfDeath Australia
dateOfBirth 1911-09-29
dateOfDeath 2007-12-22
ethnicGroup Australian of English descent
familyName Court
fieldOfWork economic development
resource development policy
givenName Charles
honorificTitle Sir
languageSpoken English
memberOf Parliament of Western Australia
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party of Australia
militaryService Australian Army
name Charles Walter Michael Court
notableAchievement expansion of North West Shelf natural gas projects
promotion of iron ore industry in Western Australia
notableFor conservative leadership style
strong support for large-scale resource projects in Western Australia
notableWork development of Western Australia resources sector
occupation politician
public servant
officeContested Parliament of Western Australia
placeOfBirth Crawley, Western Australia
placeOfDeath Claremont, Western Australia
positionHeld Minister for Industrial Development of Western Australia
Minister for Mines of Western Australia
Premier of Western Australia
Treasurer of Western Australia
precededBy John Tonkin
religion Anglicanism
representedElectorate Nedlands
residence Perth, Western Australia
linked to: Perth
sexOrGender male
spouse Rita Steffanoni
succeededBy Ray O'Connor
termEnd 1982-01-25
termInOfficeAs Premier of Western Australia, 1974–1982
termStart 1974-04-08

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Court hasNotableBearerExample Charles Court
John Tonkin succeededBy Charles Court