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About Horace Harper
- Horace Edward Harper (11 June 1898 – 14 February 1970) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to casual hand Horace Edward Harper and Rachael, née Gregory.
- He attended Sydney High School and the University of Sydney; while studying at the latter, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1917 and served in the 55th Battalion.
- After returning from the war he travelled to England to study at King's College London, qualifying as an accountant in 1922.
- On 2 September 1922 he married Rose Pierpoint in London, with whom he had four children.
- He returned to Australia to work for the Australian Consolidated Industries.In 1932, Harper was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the United Australia Party member for Arncliffe.
- He was defeated in 1935.
- From 1943 to 1949 he was general manager of Griffith Cannery, and from 1952 he became a newsagent, with stores in South Hurstville and Punchbowl.
- An active Freemason, Harper served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales and remained active in the local community.
- He died at Glenfield in 1970.
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