Charles Abbey Explained

Charles Abbey
Office:Member of the Legislative Council
of Western Australia
Constituency:Central Province
Term Start:22 May 1958
Term End:21 May 1965
Predecessor:Norm Baxter
Successor:None
Constituency1:West Province
Term Start1:22 May 1965
Term End1:21 May 1977
Predecessor1:None
Successor1:Neil Oliver
Birth Date:24 November 1913
Birth Place:Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Death Place:Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia
Party:Liberal

Charles Roy Abbey (24 November 1913 – 2 September 1982) was an Australian farmer and politician who served as a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1958 to 1977.

Abbey was born in Fremantle to Clara Gertrude (née Berry) and Charles Thomas Abbey. His parents moved to Beverley (a Wheatbelt farming community) when he was a small child. Abbey worked as a shop assistant after leaving school and then turned to farming, leasing a property near the Dale River for five years before purchasing it outright. He was prominent in local agricultural circles and also served on the Beverley Road Board from 1953 to 1962. Abbey entered parliament at the 1958 Legislative Council election, defeating Norm Baxter of the Country Party in Central Province. After a redistribution, he transferred to West Province at the 1965 state election, which he held until his retirement in 1977. Abbey retired to Mandurah, dying there in September 1982 (aged 68). He had married Winifred Doreen Strange in 1941, with whom he had one daughter.[1]

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