Assembly seat of Albany as a Nationalist. On 25 June 1919, Mitchell reshuffled his government's portfolios, and Scaddan was appointed Minister for Mines, Industries, Forests and Police; and Minister for Railways. He held these portfolios until the general election of March 1924, which he did not contest. He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1923. Scaddan unsuccessfully contested the seat of Leederville in the general elections of March 1927. He won the seat of Maylands in the election of May 1930, upon which he was appointed Minister for Railways, Mines, Police, Forests and Industry in the Mitchell government. In the April 1933 general elections, Scaddan lost his seat and the Mitchell government was defeated. Later life From 1927 on, Scaddan worked as a stock, farm and estate agent. He was a member of the Perth Roads Board from 1926, and its chairman from 1931 to 1934. He died suddenly on 21 November 1934, and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery. Locality names The town of Scaddan located along the Esperance Branch Railway in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia is named after John Scaddan. Notes References |- |- |- 1876 births 1934 deaths Australian people of Cornish descent Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery Colonial Secretaries of Western Australia Leaders of the Opposition in Western Australia Mayors of places in Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Premiers of Western Australia Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Subiaco Football Club administrators Treasurers of Western Australia Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia People from Moonta, South Australia National Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Western Australian local councillors