Arthur Moverly, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Arthur Moverly

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1887

Date of Death: 04-Apr-1956

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Arthur Moverly

  • Arthur Henry Moverly (15 March 1887 – 4 April 1956) was an Australian politician. Born at Gulgong, the son of publican John Moverly, he attended Cleveland Public School and Sydney Technical College before being apprenticed to a builder.
  • He went to the United States in 1907 and studied in Chicago, New York and San Francisco before returning around 1912 and settling at Randwick.
  • On 18 March 1916 he married Elsie Beatrice Whitting, with whom he had three children.
  • A Randwick councillor from 1922 to 1937, he was mayor from 1931 to 1932.
  • Moverly also served on the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board (1927–56, vice-president 1933) and the State Housing Improvement Board (1937).
  • In 1932 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the United Australia Party member for Randwick, serving until his defeat in 1941.
  • Moverly died in Sydney in 1956.

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