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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John Tonkin canonical 4

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ