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Place of Birth: Inglewood, Western Australia, Australia
About Ron Bertram
- Ronald Edward "Ron" Bertram (22 June 1924 – 17 November 2014) was an Australian lawyer and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1968 to 1989.
- He briefly served as a minister in the government of John Tonkin. Bertram was born in Perth to Maude (née Bennett) and Walter Bertram.
- He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in June 1943, and saw service in New Guinea during the war.
- Bertram was discharged from the army in 1946, and subsequently worked as an accountant.
- He later studied law part-time, and was called to the bar in 1954, allowing him to practise as a barrister.
- Bertram first ran for parliament at the 1965 state election.
- He contested the newly created North Metropolitan Province, but was defeated by Arthur Griffith of the Liberal Party.
- Bertram eventually entered parliament at the 1968 state election, replacing the retiring Bill Hegney in the seat of Mount Hawthorn.Bertram was re-elected at the 1971 state election, which saw a Labor victory, and was then appointed Attorney-General and Minister for Railways in the new ministry formed by John Tonkin.
- However, he resigned from cabinet after just under seven months in office, due to ill health.
- He was the shortest-serving state attorney-general since Frederick Moorhead in 1901.
- Following Labor's defeat at the 1974 state election, Bertram was included in Labor's Tonkin shadow cabinet.
- He remained a member until 1980, serving under three leaders of the opposition (John Tonkin, Colin Jamieson, and Ron Davies).
- At the 1983 election, the seat of Mount Hawthorn was abolished, and Bertram successfully transferred to the seat of Balcatta, which he held until his retirement at the 1989 election.
- He died in Perth in November 2014, aged 90.
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