John Tonkin

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John Tonkin was an Australian Labor politician who served as Premier of Western Australia from 1971 to 1974 and held several key ministerial roles during a long state parliamentary career.

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instanceOf Australian politician
Premier of Western Australia
human
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Australia
continent Australia
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1902-02-02
dateOfDeath 1995-10-20
educatedAt Claremont Teachers College
electoralDistrictRepresented Melville
North-East Fremantle
endTime 1974-04-08
familyName Tonkin
gender male
givenName John
hasOccupation cabinet minister
state premier
honorificSuffix AC
knownFor education policy reforms in Western Australia
long service in Western Australian state politics
legislativeBody Western Australian Legislative Assembly
livedIn Fremantle, Western Australia
linked to: Fremantle
memberOfPoliticalParty Australian Labor Party
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Led the first Labor government in Western Australia since 1959
occupation politician
schoolteacher
officeContested Premier of Western Australia
placeOfBirth York, Western Australia
placeOfDeath Perth, Western Australia
linked to: Perth
politicalAlignment centre-left
politicalOfficeScope state
positionHeld Deputy Premier of Western Australia
Leader of the Opposition (Western Australia)
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Minister for Education (Western Australia)
Premier of Western Australia
Treasurer of Western Australia
precededBy David Brand
religion Methodism
residence Western Australia
spouse Rosalie Tonkin
startTime 1971-03-03
stateRepresented Western Australia
succeededBy Charles Court
termEndAsPremierOfWesternAustralia 1974
termStartAsPremierOfWesternAustralia 1971

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Charles Court precededBy John Tonkin
Sir David Brand succeededBy John Tonkin
Tonkin Highway namedAfter John Tonkin