House of Representatives seat of Swan, again without success. However, on 8 December 1923, he won the Legislative Assembly seat of Forrest in a by-election occasioned by the death of Peter O'Loghlen. He held the seat until his death. Death John Holman died at St John of God Hospital in Subiaco, Perth, on 23 February 1925 from complications following an appendicectomy, and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery. His daughter, May Holman, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in his seat, becoming only the second woman to enter an Australian parliament, and the first for the Labor party. One of his sons, Edward Holman, also became a member of the Legislative Assembly. References 1872 births 1925 deaths Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery Chairmen of Committees of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Australian miners Australian people of Cornish descent Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia People from Clunes, Victoria