Arthur Marshall (politician)

Arthur Marshall
Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for Dawesville
In office
14 December 1996  26 February 2005
Preceded by New creation
Succeeded by Kim Hames
Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for Murray
In office
6 February 1993  14 December 1996
Preceded by Keith Reid
Succeeded by Seat abolished
Personal details
Born 5 August 1934
East Fremantle, Western Australia
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Children Dixie Marshall
Scott Marshall
Occupation Tennis professional

Arthur Dix Marshall (born 5 August 1934)[1] is an Australian former politician and sportsman from Western Australia.

Biography

Marshal was born in East Fremantle and was educated at Wesley College, Perth. He is the father of Dixie Marshall, a local television newsreader and Scott Marshall, who now coaches at Marshall's Tennis Academy.[2]

Sporting career

Marshall played Australian rules football for East Fremantle Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). Between 1954 and 1961 played 20 league for East Fremantle.[3]

In 1955 and 1956 he entered the Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first and third rounds respectively.

In later life Marshall served as a football commentator with the Seven Network, and established the Arthur Marshall Tennis Academy in 1958.

Politics

Marshall first contested a seat at the 1990 Fremantle state by-election as a Liberal candidate. He achieved 35.70% of the vote against Labor candidate Jim McGinty's 33.75%, but lost after the distribution of preferences.[4] He won the seat of Murray in the 1993 election, succeeding Keith Read. A redistribution in 1994 saw the seat abolished and he was elected to the new seat of Dawesville at the 1996 election.[5] He was re-elected in 2001 and retired at the 2005 election.

References

  1. "Mr Arthur Dix Marshall MLA". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  2. "WA election 2005 - Retiring MP's". ABC News online. 16 February 2005. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
  3. "Footballers in the House". Parliament of Western Australia. May 2007. p. 2. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  4. Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth: Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. p. 102. ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.
  5. "1996 election results from Dawesville" (PDF). WA Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2008-03-21.

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