Ernest Arthur Atherton (1879-1954): Elected 1929
Born 22 March 1879, Mareeba
Career: Dairy farmer, sugar-grower, tobacco farmer. Mareeba Shire
Council. Son of John Atherton, pioneer of the Atherton Tablelands
area and founder of Mareeba.
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Chillagoe was abolished in 1932.
Atherton contested The Tableland in 1932.
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