Arthur Marshall (politician)
- Arthur Marshall (politician)
Arthur Dix Marshall (born 5 August 1934 in East Fremantle) [cite web |url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament%5Cmemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Marshall,+Arthur+Dix?opendocument |title=Mr Arthur Dix Marshall MLA |accessdate=2008-03-21 |publisher=Parliament of Western Australia] is a former politician from Western Australia and founder of the Arthur Marshall Tennis Academy.
Marshall first contested a seat at the 1990 Fremantle state by-election as a Liberal candidate. He achieved 35.70% of the vote against Labor candidate Jim McGinty's 33.75%, but lost after the distribution of preferences. [cite book|last=Black|first=David|coauthors=Prescott, Valerie|title=Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996|year=1997|publisher=Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission|location=Perth|id=ISBN 0-7309-8409-5|page=102] He won the seat of Murray in the 1993 election, succeeding Keith Read. A redistribution in 1994 saw the seat abolished and he was elected to the new seat of Dawesville at the 1996 election. [cite web |url=http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/state_elections/election_results/1996%20State%20Election/96results/DAW.pdf |title=1996 election results from Dawesville |accessdate=2008-03-21 |format=PDF |publisher=WA Electoral Commission] He was re-elected in 2001 and retired at the 2005 election.
A former tennis professional and Australian rules football commentator with Seven Network, Marshall established the Arthur Marshall Tennis Academy in 1958. He is the father of Dixie Marshall, a local television newsreader. [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2005/guide/departingmps.htm|title=WA election 2005 - Retiring MP's|date=16 February 2005|accessdate=2008-09-04|work=ABC News online]
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* [http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament%5Cmemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Marshall,+Arthur+Dix?opendocument Mr Arthur Dix Marshall] from the 'Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook'
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