Warren Marwick

Warren Marwick (5 August 1869 – 12 March 1955) was an Australian politician and founding director of Wesfarmers.

Early life Marwick was born on 5 August 1869 in York, Western Australia to Mary Batty Taylor and William Marwick, a farmer. He was educated in York and his religion was Catholic.

George Throssell died on 30 August 1910, necessitating a by-election for the East Province of the Western Australian Legislative Council. Marwick contested the by-election, as did Hal Colebatch, a journalist from Northam, and David Morrell, a farmer from Northam. Marwick and Colebatch both supported reform of the Legislative Council property franchise whereas Morrell did not. The election occurred on 26 September 1910, The only other candidate was Thomas Brimage, a former Liberal politician who had joined the Labor Party a year earlier. Only Marwick and Colebatch had any chance of winning. Colebatch defeated Marwick, beating him by a small margin in every polling place except for in York. The final result was 1495 votes to Colebatch, 863 votes to Marwick, and 481 votes to Brimage.

Personal life and death On 6 June 1894, Marwick married Susannah Collins at St Patrick's Catholic Church, York. They had four daughters and three sons, Collins died on 22 June 1938.