Mr Rowland Joseph ANDERSON (1872 - 1959)**

Date of Birth: 30/09/1872 Place of Birth: Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 29/08/1959 Place of Death: Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 6 Aug 1904 19 Aug 1907 3yr(s) 14day(s) Member for Botany 6 Aug 1904 19 Aug 1907 3yr(s) 14day(s) 20th (1904 - 1907) Lieutenant Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 13 Jun 1905 13 Jun 1905 1day 20th (1904 - 1907) Sale of Articles manufactured in New South Wales Committee No.19 3 Oct 1905 29 Nov 1905 1mth 27days 20th (1904 - 1907) Chairman Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 26 Jun 1906 26 Jun 1906 1day 20th (1904 - 1907) Claim of Electric Tram-driver Arthur Simpson for improvements fitted to Steam Motors Committee No.8 13 Sep 1906 13 Nov 1906 2mths 1day 20th (1904 - 1907) Occupation of Land at la Perouse by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company Committee No.13 22 Nov 1906 13 Dec 1906 22days 20th (1904 - 1907)

Political Party Activity

Liberal Party.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Tanner. Educated at Parramatta superior public school; commenced work as a tanner at Smithfield tannery at sixteen years of age. Established his own business in Botany in 1896 with an interstate branch; president of the New South Wales Master Tanners Association and Federal President from 1929 until 1931; deputy chairman of federal Hide and Leather Industries Board in World War 1 and World War 2. President of the Botany branch of the Australian Protestant Defence Alliance; Orangeman.

Local Government Activity

Alderman for Botany in 1904

Personal

Son of William James Anderson, farmer, and Sarah Roberts. Married Minnie Maud Critchley on 16 September 1896 and had issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Methodist.

Additional Information

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