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- Gerald_Wild abstract "Gerald Percy Wild MBE AM (2 January 1907 – 11 October 1996) was an Australian politician who served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1947 to 1965. He was a minister in the McLarty–Watts, Brand–Watts, and Brand–Nalder governments, and later served as Agent-General for Western Australia in London.Born in Chichester, Sussex, to Alice Hilda (née Heather) and Edwin Percy Wild, a yeast merchant, Wild was educated at Shoreham Grammar School. He emigrated to South Australia in 1923 as one of the Barwell Boys, as part of an assisted migration scheme. He was initially employed as a farm apprentice at Langhorne's Creek and Loxton, and then went to work in the mines at Broken Hill, New South Wales. Wild returned to South Australia in 1930, working at an ice works in Port Adelaide and at a mill in Moonta. In 1936, he went to the Western Australian goldfields, working at mines in Norseman and Kalgoorlie. In November 1939, Wild enlisted in the 2/11th Battalion. He saw service in the Middle East, Greece, and Crete, and was wounded in action in May 1941, gained the MBE (Military Division) in July 1941, and was mentioned in despatches in March 1942. By the end of the war Wild had reached the substantive rank of captain and the temporary rank of major, and was serving as a camp commandant in New Guinea.Wild had been a member of the United Australia Party in South Australia prior to the war, and on returning to Western Australia joined the newly formed Liberal Party. Setting himself up as a businessman, he purchased property at Kenwick and Forrestdale, farming poultry and also establishing an electrical wholesale business. He stood for the Liberal Party in the seat of Swan at the 1947 state election, and successfully transferred to Dale at the 1950 election, after Swan was abolished in a redistribution. When the second McLarty–Watts government was sworn in on 6 April 1950, Wild was named assistant Minister for Forests (to Ross McLarty), assistant Minister for Mines (to Charles Simpson), and assistant Minister for Housing (to David Brand). In October 1950, he was made a full minister, with responsibility for the forests and housing portfolios (Simpson remained Minister for Mines).The Liberals were defeated at the 1953 election, but regained power in 1959, under David Brand. In the Brand–Watts and Brand–Nalder coalition governments, Wild was Minister for Works and Minister for Water Supplies, and later also Minister for Labour (from 1962). He was reelected to parliament in 1965, but less than a month later resigned to take up the position of Agent-General for Western Australia. The resulting by-election was won by Cyril Rushton, a future deputy premier. Wild was agent-general until March 1971, when he was succeeded by another Liberal MP, William Bovell. In later life, he served on the boards of various Australian companies, including the Australian division of Taylor Woodrow, as well as sitting on the committee of the Western Australian Turf Club. Wild was made a Member of the Order of Australia (postnominals AM) in 1980, \"for parliamentary service\". He died in Booragoon, a suburb of Perth, in 1996, aged 89, and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery. He had married Virginia Mary \"Jean\" Baxter in 1944, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.".
- Gerald_Wild activeYearsEndDate "1950-03-25".
- Gerald_Wild activeYearsEndDate "1965-03-16".
- Gerald_Wild activeYearsStartDate "1947-03-15".
- Gerald_Wild activeYearsStartDate "1950-03-25".
- Gerald_Wild birthDate "1907-01-02".
- Gerald_Wild birthDate "1934-07-02".
- Gerald_Wild birthPlace Chichester.
- Gerald_Wild birthPlace England.
- Gerald_Wild birthPlace Sussex.
- Gerald_Wild birthYear "1907".
- Gerald_Wild deathDate "1996-10-11".
- Gerald_Wild deathPlace Australia.
- Gerald_Wild deathPlace Booragoon,_Western_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild deathPlace Western_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild deathYear "1996".
- Gerald_Wild office "Member of theLegislative Assembly".
- Gerald_Wild office "forDale".
- Gerald_Wild office "forSwan".
- Gerald_Wild orderInOffice "Agent-General for Western Australia".
- Gerald_Wild party Liberal_Party_of_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild successor Cyril_Rushton.
- Gerald_Wild successor Stewart_Bovell.
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- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Agent-General.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Assisted_colonization.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Crete.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Greece.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Booragoon,_Western_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Brand–Nalder_Ministry.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Brand–Watts_Ministry.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Broken_Hill,_New_South_Wales.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Captain_(armed_forces).
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:1907_births.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:1996_deaths.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Agents-General_for_Western_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_Anglicans.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_Army_officers.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_businesspeople.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_company_founders.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_corporate_directors.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_military_personnel_of_World_War_II.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_people_of_English_descent.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Burials_at_Karrakatta_Cemetery.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_emigrants_to_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Liberal_Party_of_Australia_members_of_the_Parliament_of_Western_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Members_of_the_Order_of_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Members_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:Members_of_the_Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_educated_at_Shoreham_College.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Chichester.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Simpson_(Australian_politician).
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Chichester.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Commandant.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Cyril_Rushton.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Dale_state_by-election,_1965.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink David_Brand.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Deputy_Premier_of_Western_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Des_ONeil.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Electoral_district_of_Dale.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Electoral_district_of_Swan.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink England.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Ernest_Hoar.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Forrestdale,_Western_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Goldfields-Esperance.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Barwell.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Herb_Graham.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink John_Tonkin.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Kalgoorlie.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Karrakatta_Cemetery.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Kenwick,_Western_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Langhorne_Creek,_South_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Liberal_Party_of_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Loxton,_South_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Major.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink McLarty–Watts_Ministry.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Mentioned_in_dispatches.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Middle_East_Theatre_of_World_War_II.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Minister_for_Commerce_(Western_Australia).
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Minister_for_Forestry_(Western_Australia).
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Minister_for_Housing_(Western_Australia).
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Minister_for_Mines_and_Petroleum_(Western_Australia).
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Minister_for_Water_(Western_Australia).
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Minister_for_Works_(Western_Australia).
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Moonta,_South_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink New_Guinea_campaign.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Norseman,_Western_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Order_of_Australia.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Perth.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Perth_Racing.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Port_Adelaide.
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Ray_Owen_(politician).
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Redistribution_(election).
- Gerald_Wild wikiPageWikiLink Ross_Hutchinson.