Mr Jabez WRIGHT (1852 - 1922)

Member for Willyama	06 Dec 1913	21 Feb 1917	3 years 2 months 16 days
Member for Willyama	24 Mar 1917	18 Feb 1920	2 years 10 months 26 days
Member for Sturt	30 Aug 1921	17 Feb 1922	5 months 19 days
Member for Sturt	25 Mar 1922	10 Sep 1922	5 months 17 days

Date of Birth: 25/04/1852

Place of Birth: Greenwich, England

Date of Death: 10/09/1922

Place of Death: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia

Australian Labor Party (ALP), president of the Barrier Labor Federation.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Carpenter and undertaker. 

Worked in North and South America before arriving in Australia; 

lived at Peterburg in South Australia; moved to Broken Hill c.1888, 

Worked as a carpenter then as an undertaker trading as O'Connor and Company; 

Member of Australian Workers' Union; active in Amalgamated Miners' Association, 

Life member; assisted to found the 'Daily Truth'.