# Samuel Elliott > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Elliott > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Elliott.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Elliott > Source revision: 1349086284 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian pastoralist and politician}} {{similar names|Samuel Eliot (disambiguation)}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Samuel Elliott |image = |office = Member of the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly)
of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) |constituency = [Geraldton](/source/Electoral_district_of_Geraldton) |term_start = 16 November 1913 |term_end = 21 October 1914 |predecessor = [Bronte Dooley](/source/Bronte_Dooley) |successor = [Edward Heitmann](/source/Edward_Heitmann) |constituency2 = Geraldton |term_start2 = 14 April |term_end2 = 29 September 1917 |predecessor2 = Edward Heitmann |successor2 = [John Willcock](/source/John_Willcock) |birth_name = Samuel Richard Lewes Elliott |birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|4|21|df=y}} |birth_place = [Penbryn](/source/Penbryn), [Cardiganshire](/source/Cardiganshire), Wales |death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|7|14|1860|4|21|df=y}} |death_place = [Mosman Park](/source/Mosman_Park%2C_Western_Australia), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia), Australia |party = [Liberal](/source/Western_Australian_Liberal_Party_(1911%E2%80%931917)) (to 1917)
[Nationalist](/source/Nationalist_Party_of_Australia) (from 1917) }} '''Samuel Richard Lewes Elliott''' (21 April 1860 – 14 July 1933) was an Australian pastoralist and politician who served as a member of the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly) of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) from 1913 to 1914 and for a brief period in 1917, on both occasions representing the [seat of Geraldton](/source/Electoral_district_of_Geraldton). Elliott was born in [Penbryn](/source/Penbryn), [Cardiganshire](/source/Cardiganshire), Wales, to Emeline Maria (née Lloyd) and Thomas Elliott. He arrived in Western Australia in 1875, at the age of 15, and began working on [Theodore Fawcett](/source/Theodore_Fawcett)'s estate at [Pinjarra](/source/Pinjarra%2C_Western_Australia). In 1880, Elliott was involved in the formation of the Murray Squatting Company, along with two other future MPs, [Alexander Richardson](/source/Alexander_Robert_Richardson) and [William Paterson](/source/William_Paterson_(Australian_politician)). The company established [Yeeda Station](/source/Yeeda_Station), the first station in the [Kimberley](/source/Kimberley_(Western_Australia)), and later took over [Mardie Station](/source/Mardie_Station) (in the [Pilbara](/source/Pilbara)). Elliott eventually acquired several leases in his own name, including Oakabella, Tallering, Wyngangoo, Yandil, and [Annean](/source/Annean_Station).[https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/0634BE278106A07A482577E50028A5D8?OpenDocument Samuel Richard Lewes (Lewis) Elliott], Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2017. In 1906, he was elected to the [Northampton Road Board](/source/Shire_of_Northampton). A member of the [Liberal Party](/source/Western_Australian_Liberal_Party_(1911%E2%80%931917)), Elliott entered parliament at the [1913 Geraldton by-election](/source/1913_Geraldton_state_by-election), caused by the death of the sitting [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)) member, [Bronte Dooley](/source/Bronte_Dooley). He defeated the Labor candidate, [Edward Heitmann](/source/Edward_Heitmann), by just 12 votes, and Heitmann reversed the result at the [1914 state election](/source/1914_Western_Australian_state_election). However, Heitmann resigned from parliament in March 1917 in order to stand for the [House of Representatives](/source/Australian_House_of_Representatives), and Elliott reclaimed Geraldton at [the resulting by-election](/source/1917_Geraldton_state_by-election). His second term in parliament lasted only five months, as he was beaten by [John Willcock](/source/John_Willcock) (a future Labor [premier](/source/Premier_of_Western_Australia)) at the [1917 state election](/source/1917_Western_Australian_state_election), where the final margin was just 31 votes on the [two-candidate-preferred](/source/two-candidate-preferred) count.{{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}} Elliott eventually retired to Buckland Hill, Perth (present-day [Mosman Park](/source/Mosman_Park%2C_Western_Australia)), serving for a number of years on the [Buckland Hill Road Board](/source/Town_of_Mosman_Park). He died there in July 1933, aged 73. ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|au-wa}} {{s-bef|before= [Bronte Dooley](/source/Bronte_Dooley)
[Edward Heitmann](/source/Edward_Heitmann)}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for [Geraldton](/source/Electoral_district_of_Geraldton)|years=1913–1914
1917}} {{s-aft|after=[Edward Heitmann](/source/Edward_Heitmann)
[John Willcock](/source/John_Willcock)}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Samuel}} Category:1860 births Category:1933 deaths Category:Australian pastoralists Category:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Category:Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Category:People from Ceredigion Category:British emigrants to the Colony of Western Australia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Samuel Elliott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Elliott) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Elliott?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.