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from 1952 until his death in 1953. The eldest of three sons born to Arthur and Ethel Oldham, he was educated at
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in 1921, and practised as a solicitor until the weight of parliamentary duties limited his time. He was a past president of the
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Indian authorities arranged a communal burial in
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electoral boundaries. In a provocative move, Hollway contested Norman's urban-based seat of
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266:He married Kathleen Cooch in 1929.
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