who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1921 until his death, representing the seat of Irwin.
During the gold rush, he moved to Lawlers (a remote mining town), where at various times he owned a hotel, managed a brewery, and served a term on the local road board.
[4] His younger brother, Henry Maley, had won the seat of Greenough at the 1917 election, and served as the Country Party's leader from 1922 to 1923.
[1] Charles and several other ex-Country MPs joined the Nationalist Party after the 1924 state election, but his brother was defeated.
[7] The by-election occasioned by his death was won by his brother, who held it for less than a year before losing it at the 1930 state election.