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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Charles Court canonical 3

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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 ⓘ