Harry Griffiths (politician)

Harry Albert Craven Griffiths (sometimes Craven-Griffiths; 30 September 1866 – 23 March 1935) was an Australian politician who served as a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1914 to 1921 and from 1924 until his death.

He came to Western Australia in 1897, during the gold rush, and lived in Kalgoorlie until 1907, when he moved to a property at Kellerberrin.

[2] He held the seat of York until the 1921 election, when an irregularity in his nomination meant he was unable to recontest.

[3] At the 1922 Legislative Council election, Griffiths unsuccessfully contested East Province as an "Independent Country" candidate, losing to Vernon Hamersley.

[1] He re-entered parliament at the 1924 state election, winning the seat of Avon from the sitting Country member, Tom Harrison.