Stan Lapham
Stanley Edward Lapham (born 21 April 1908 in Kalgoorlie[1]) was a Labor politician from Western Australia. He held the seat of North Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 14 February 1953 to 1959.[2] After losing his North Perth seat to Liberal Ray O'Connor in 1959, he unsuccesfully contested the seat of Karrinyup in 1962 and 1965. He finally won the seat in 1968 and held it until 1974.[3]
In 1953 he was awarded the Queen's Coronation Medal.[4]
In 1957 Lapham joined wth Bill Grayden, Pastor Doug Nicholls and others in an expedition to the Warburton Ranges in central Australia to highlight the poor health of Australian Aborigines.[5] The party produced a film which showed malnourished people in the region.[6]
References
- ^ "Private Stanley Edward Lapham WX9984". Department of Veteran Affairs. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly since 1890: An Alphabetical Listing" (PDF). Parliamentary Library Western Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ Black and Bolton
- ^ "Queen Gives Coronation Medals To Many In West Australia". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 3 June 1953. p. 14. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ Haebich, Anna. Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families, 1800-2000. Fremantle Arts Press. p. 438.
- ^ Clark, Jennifer. Aborigines & Activism: Race, Aborigines & The Coming of the Sixties to Australia. p. 74.
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