Background
Mills was born at Narra Tarra (on the Chapman River, near Geraldton), to Caroline (née Greer) and John Mills.
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Prominent in the state"s Murchison and Mid West regions, he served a single six-year term in parliament. Before standing for parliament, he worked variously as an inspector of stock, a sheep farmer (at Narra Tarra), a station manager (at Wurarga, Barnong, and Gabyon), and an Agricultural Bank inspector. Mills stood as an "independent Nationalist" candidate for Central Province at the 1918 Legislative Council elections.
He defeated Labor"s John Drew, who had become personally unpopular in the seat.
Mills" age (he was 59 when he first stood for office) led to him being nicknamed "Uncle Joe" by The Sunday Times. After briefly joining the Ministerial Country Party in 1923 (a Country Party splinter group), Mills stood as an endorsed Nationalist candidate at the 1924 election, but was defeated by Drew.
He again stood in 1926, but was defeated by Country candidate George Kempton. Mills" own sister, Harriet Mills, had married Everard Darlot in 1885, who was the inaugural Modern Language Association for Murchison.
He was consequently the brother-in-law of three other MPs in Western Australia.
Mills died in Geraldton in 1943, aged 84, and was buried at Narra Tarra.
Membership
Her brothers, Charles and Henry Maley, were both later members of the Legislative Assembly (for Irwin and Greenough, respectively).
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Nationality
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Political Party
Country Party