MLA for South Fremantle
What position did Elias Solomon take before Nov 1892?
Elias Solomon Elias Solomon ( 2 September 1839 – 23 May 1909 ) was an Australian politician based in Fremantle . He was Mayor of Fremantle , MLA for South Fremantle , and the first Member for Fremantle in the Australian House of Representatives . Early life . Solomon was born in London , England to Leah and Moss Solomon and migrated to Australia as a child , living at first in Sydney and then Adelaide . His uncle Emanuel Solomon owned the Queens Theatre in Adelaide , and Solomons father Moss was for a short while made manager . The family returned to Sydney until Moss death in 1849 when Leah again moved to Adelaide and Solomon was educated at Adelaide Educational Institution . Career . After finishing school , Solomon joined another of his uncles business concerns and in 1857 was sent to Mauritius to purchase goods . On his return , he worked for the firm of Solomon and Salom in Adelaide , and also Falk and Co . of Melbourne . At the age of 29 Solomon headed west to Fremantle in Western Australia , arriving on 20 January 1868 aboard Eliza Blanche and initially living in Henry Street . Soon the same year he was joined by two of his nephews and together then formed Solomon & Nephews , Auctioneers and Agents of which Solomon was clerk and auctioneer . This venture was part-financed by his half-brother Judah Moss Solomon ( of Melbourne ) and brother-in-law Isaac Solomon ( of Adelaide ) . The weight of conducting business in a depressed economic environment bore on Solomon , and this was not helped by his nephews being active members of Fremantles Amateur Dramatics Company , performing at the Oddfellows in William Street . He wrote to them in July 1869 : …that you may not be under any misunderstanding with regard to my present dissatisfaction , I will be more explicit . You have taken up time belonging to the firm in Amateur Theatrical matters which , I believe , is acting prejudiciously to the business… In 1881 he was elected to the Fremantle City Council . In 1892 , he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the member for South Fremantle , where he remained until 1901 . In that year , he transferred to federal politics , winning the Australian House of Representatives seat of Fremantle for the Free Trade Party . He was defeated by Labors William Carpenter in 1903 . Solomon died in 1909 . Solomon was at one time head of the Fremantle Cemetery board , which is where he is buried . Family . Solomon was married twice , firstly to Agnes Elizabeth Bickley ( – 22 April 1886 ) and after her death , to Elizabeth Stokes ( 16 September 1868 – 3 December 1898 ) on 1 May 1887 . They had five children . - Wallace Elias Bickley Solomon ( 1878–1950 ) was the first secretary , and honorary solicitor , of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society in 1926 . - Maurice Elias Solomon ( 1888–1977 ) , lawyer and councillor of the City of Fremantle . External links . - Prominent Australian Jews