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Charles Henry Oldham -LRB- 20 November 1863 -- ? -RRB-. was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1897 to 1900 , representing the seat of North Perth .. Legislative Assembly. Western Australian Legislative Assembly. Western Australia. Western Australia. North Perth. Electoral district of North Perth. seat of North Perth. Electoral district of North Perth. Oldham was born in Barrow-in-Furness , Lancashire , England , and began working in a coal mine at the age of eleven .. Barrow-in-Furness. Barrow-in-Furness. Lancashire. Lancashire. He later trained as a carpenter , and after finishing his apprenticeship worked as a journeyman .. journeyman. journeyman. Oldham emigrated to Australia in 1889 , living in Victoria for a period before going to Western Australia in 1892 .. Western Australia. Western Australia. Victoria. Victoria ( Australia ). Oldham worked as a carpenter , and in 1893 served as president of the Perth Trades and Labour Council .. Perth Trades and Labour Council. UnionsWA. He founded his own building contracting business in 1894 , and in 1896 was elected to the Perth City Council .. Perth City Council. City of Perth. At the 1897 general election , Oldham won the newly created seat of North Perth .. North Perth. Electoral district of North Perth. seat of North Perth. Electoral district of North Perth. 1897 general election. Western Australian colonial election, 1897. He stood as an opponent of the government of John Forrest and a supporter of the labour movement , and is regarded as the first Labor Party member of parliament in Western Australia .. Western Australia. Western Australia. John Forrest. John Forrest. Labor Party. Australian Labor Party. However , in October 1900 , Oldham 's seat was declared vacant by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly , as he had not attended a sitting of the house for two months .. Legislative Assembly. Western Australian Legislative Assembly. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. He left Western Australia the following year , but his further whereabouts are unknown .. Western Australia. Western Australia. A 1907 article in the Truth , a Perth-based newspaper , suggested that Oldham had left `` many liabilities behind him '' , and might have gone to Argentina .