# Frederick Monger > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frederick_Monger > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frederick_Monger.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Monger > Source revision: 1344824026 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian businessman and politician}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = |name = Frederick Monger |honorific_suffix = |image = Frederick Charles Monger HOFWA.jpg |office = Member of the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly)
of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) |constituency = [York](/source/Electoral_district_of_York) |term_start = 27 October 1892 |term_end = 24 March 1903{{Efn|name=span|From 15 to 26 June 1899, the period between his resignation and his re-election, Monger was not technically a member of parliament.}} |predecessor = [Stephen Henry Parker](/source/Stephen_Henry_Parker) |successor = [Richard Burges](/source/Richard_Goldsmith_Burges) |constituency2 = York |term_start2 = 27 October 1905 |term_end2 = 21 October 1914 |predecessor2 = Richard Burges |successor2 = [Harry Griffiths](/source/Harry_Griffiths_(politician)) |birth_date = {{Birth date|1863|1|25|df=y}} |birth_place = [York](/source/York%2C_Western_Australia), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia), Australia |death_date = {{Death date and age|1919|11|15|1863|1|25|df=y}} |death_place = [Subiaco](/source/Subiaco%2C_Western_Australia), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia), Australia }} '''Frederick Charles Monger''' (25 January 1863 – 15 November 1919) was an Australian businessman and politician who was a member of the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly) of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) from 1892 to 1903{{Efn|name=span}} and again from 1905 to 1914, representing the [seat of York](/source/Electoral_district_of_York). He and his father, [John Henry Monger](/source/John_Henry_Monger), were the first father–son pair to be elected to the Parliament of Western Australia.[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/ParliamentaryHandbook/23rd%20Edition%20of%20the%20Parliament%20Handbook%20-%20Final%20Version.pdf ''The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition)''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183010/http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/ParliamentaryHandbook/23rd%20Edition%20of%20the%20Parliament%20Handbook%20-%20Final%20Version.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }}, p. 244. ==Early life== Monger was born in [York, Western Australia](/source/York%2C_Western_Australia), to Henrietta Joaquina (née Manning) and [John Henry Monger](/source/John_Henry_Monger). Both his father and uncle ([Joseph Taylor Monger](/source/Joseph_Taylor_Monger)) were members of the [Legislative Council](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council). Monger was sent to [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) to be educated, attending [Wesley College](/source/Wesley_College%2C_Melbourne), and on his return began working for his father. He later involved himself in various mining ventures, and for a period was a joint owner of [Wooramel Station](/source/Wooramel_Station) (near [Carnarvon](/source/Carnarvon%2C_Western_Australia)).[https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/C9A24CBD408297A3482577E50028A71B?OpenDocument Frederick Charles Monger] – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Outside of his business interests, Monger was a keen player of [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football), playing two seasons for the [Rovers Football Club](/source/Rovers_Football_Club_(1885-1899)) in the early years of the [West Australian Football League](/source/West_Australian_Football_League) (WAFL).[https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/intranet/libpages.nsf/WebFiles/sn11/$FILE/SN+11+Footballers+in+the+House.pdf Footballers in the House], Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2016. ==Politics== Monger was elected to the council of the [York Municipality](/source/Shire_of_York) in 1892, but resigned later in the year to contest a by-election for the seat of York, which had been vacated by [Stephen Henry Parker](/source/Stephen_Henry_Parker).[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/67069909 "MR. F.C. MONGER"] – ''The Inquirer and Commercial News'' (Perth, Western Australia), 26 April 1901. He was elected unopposed, and supported the government of [John Forrest](/source/John_Forrest) once he had been sworn in. In 1899, Monger declared bankruptcy, and had to vacate his seat, although he won it back at the subsequent by-election. He was again declared bankrupt in 1903, and was replaced in parliament by [Richard Burges](/source/Richard_Goldsmith_Burges), having chosen not to re-contest his seat. Monger returned to parliament in October 1905, following Burges's death.{{cite book|last=Black|first=David|authorlink=David Black (historian)|last2=Prescott|first2=Valerie|title=Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996|year=1997|publisher=Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission|location=Perth, [W.A.]|isbn=0730984095}} He held York until being defeated by a [Country Party](/source/National_Party_of_Western_Australia) candidate, [Harry Griffiths](/source/Harry_Griffiths_(politician)), at the [1914 state election](/source/1914_Western_Australian_state_election). He was again defeated by Griffiths at the [1917 election](/source/1917_Western_Australian_state_election), and subsequently retired from public life. Monger died in [Perth](/source/Perth) in November 1919, aged 56. ==Notes== {{Notelist}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|au-wa}} {{s-bef|before=[Stephen Parker](/source/Stephen_Henry_Parker)
[Richard Burges](/source/Richard_Goldsmith_Burges)}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for [York](/source/Electoral_district_of_York)|years=1892–1903
1905–1914}} {{s-aft|after=[Richard Burges](/source/Richard_Goldsmith_Burges)
[Harry Griffiths](/source/Harry_Griffiths_(politician))}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Monger, Frederick}} Category:1863 births Category:1919 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Category:Australian sportsperson-politicians Category:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Category:People educated at Wesley College (Victoria) Category:People from York, Western Australia Category:Rovers Football Club players Category:Western Australian local councillors Category:Colony of Western Australia people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Frederick Monger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Monger) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Monger?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.