Richard Harry (Dick) Nash (1890-1951)
Birth: 2 July 1890, Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria. Son of Harry Avis Nash, miner, and Elizabeth Phoebe nee Stroud. Marriage: Ruby Piper, in Western Australia, 1913. They had five sons and one daughter. Death: 12 December 1951, Perth, Western Australia, Anglican.
- Moved to Kalgoorlie with parents in 1897;
- Educated at Lake View State School;
- Became junior mechanic; Later started as copy boy on staff of Kalgoorlie Miner and progressed to proof-reader, 1904-10;
- Gained work on Kalgoorlie Tramways 1910-15, WA Government Tramways 1915-22;
- Founding member of Kalgoorlie Tramways Union and Secretary until 1916 when he moved to Perth and gained work on trams;
- Secretary, WA Electric Tramways Employees Union, 1922-39;
- Workers' representative on industrial boards and other bodies for many years;
- Secretary Perth THC, 1939-43;
- Joined Metropolitan District Council ALP 1917 as delegate from local tram union, pres. for second term in 1918 when big tramways strike occurred, secretary 1922, treasurer, trustee, and secretary 1939-43;
- Secretary Labor Day Committee, 1923;
- Member Subiaco Municipal Council for 12 years;
- Senator 1943-51 (died in office);
- Pre-selection candidate for East Perth in 1922 but defeated by T. J. Hughes;
- Contested Subiaco WA 1930;
- Member, Standing Committee on Public Works 1946-49;
- Consumers representative on Board of Metropolitan Market Trust of WA;
- Member, Advisory Committee, Perth Public Hospital;
- Adviser to Australian delegation post-war conference, San Francisco 1945.
Joan Rydon, A Biographical Register of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1901-1972 (Canberra, 1975); Death Certificate of Ruby Nash, Perth 3937/1979; Australian Worker, 7 March 1923 p.15; Westralian Worker, 29 June 1923 p.5, 4 Sept. 1942
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'Nash, Richard Harry (Dick) (1890–1951)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/nash-richard-harry-dick-31971/text39446, accessed 27 March 2023.