Surname: WOODS

Given Names: Walter Alan

Title and Honours: Mr

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 28 December 1861 - Oakleigh, Victoria

Date of Death: 28 February 1939 - Hobart, Tasmania

 

 

 

House of Assembly: (1) 29 March 1906 (2) 30 April 1909 (3) 3 June 1925

Electorate: (1) North Hobart (2) Denison (3) Denison

Party: ALP

Positions Held: Chair Committees 1925-26; Speaker 1914-16, 1926-28

Date of Departure: (1) 30 April 1909 (2) 21 March 1917 (3) 9 May 1931

Reason for Departure: (1) Seat abolished. Stood for Denison. Successful. (2) Resigned to contest Senate election. Unsuccessful. (3) Defeated.

Comments:

Born Walter William Head; used various names in course of sometimes mysterious life.

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