Background
He was born in Huddersfield in Yorkshire to brass moulder William Percival and Hannah Whitehead.
He was born in Huddersfield in Yorkshire to brass moulder William Percival and Hannah Whitehead.
He worked as a newspaper manager, arriving in New South Wales around 1894. He was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1921 as a Labor member. After 1931 he supported the United Australia Party.
He left the Council in 1934 when it became indirectly elected.
Percival died at Randwick in 1942.