Arthur Gull, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1867
Place of Birth: Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Date of Death: 30-Mar-1951
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Arthur Gull
- Arthur Courthope Gull (1 January 1867 – 30 March 1951) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1905 to 1908, representing the seat of Swan.
- He ran for parliament on five occasions, but was only elected once. Gull was born in Guildford, Western Australia, to Annie (née Dempster) and Thomas Courthope Gull.
- His father, a prominent merchant and briefly a member of parliament, died when he was ten years old, while two uncles, Andrew and Charles Edward Dempster, were also MPs.
- Gull initially attended the High School in Perth, but was later sent to Melbourne to board at Hawthorn Grammar School (run by Martin Howy Irving).
- On his return to Western Australia, he went to the North-West, spending two years as a jackaroo.
- Gull later lived for periods in Perth (working as a bank clerk) and on the Eastern Goldfields, eventually settling on a property in Bellevue (near Guildford).At the 1901 state election, Gull stood as an independent for the seat of Guildford, but lost to Hector Rason (a future premier).
- He also stood against Rason at the 1902 Guildford by-election (a ministerial by-election), but was again defeated.
- At the 1905 state election, Gull won the seat of Swan, defeating the sitting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Mathieson Jacoby.
- His time in parliament was short-lived, however, as Jacoby won Swan back at the 1908 election.
- In 1909, Gull moved to a property in Serpentine.
- He contested the seat of Canning at the 1914 election, but was defeated by Robert Robinson.
- Gull eventually retired to Perth, dying there in March 1951 (aged 84).
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