William Pickering (Australian politician)

For other people named William Pickering, see William Pickering (disambiguation).

William George Pickering (20 September 1869 – 15 September 1953) was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for Sussex in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1917 to 1924.[1] In 1920, he was the only member of the Legislative Assembly to vote against allowing women to stand for parliament.[2]

References

  1. ^ "William George Pickering". Parliament of Western Australia.
  2. ^ Cowan, Peter (1978). A unique position: a biography of Edith Dircksey Cowan 1861–1932. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. p. 153. ISBN 0-85564-135-5.


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