Horace Berry

Horace Thurston Berry (1891 – 1 September 1949) was an Australian politician who was an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1939 to 1947, representing the seat of Irwin-Moore.

[1] His father, an Australian, had been posted to Fiji as the colony's Commissioner of Lands and Surveys.

[1] Berry first attempted to enter politics at the 1934 Legislative Council elections, where he lost to Vernon Hamersley in East Province.

[1] Berry succeeded in entering parliament on his second attempt, defeating Country and Labor Party candidates to win the 1939 Irwin-Moore by-election as an independent.

[3] After leaving parliament, he was re-elected to the Rockingham Road Board, serving as chairman for a period.