Mr David More ANDERSON (1865 - 1936)

Date of Birth: 02/02/1865
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland
Date of Death: 11/02/1936
Place of Death: Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	20 Mar 1920	18 Sep 1930	10yr(s) 5mth(s) 30day(s)
Member for Ryde	20 Mar 1920	17 Feb 1922	1yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s)	25th (1920 - 1922)
Member for Ryde	25 Mar 1922	18 Apr 1925	3yr(s) 25day(s)	26th (1922 - 1925)
Member for Ryde	30 May 1925	7 Sep 1927	2yr(s) 3mth(s) 9day(s)	27th (1925 - 1927)
Member for Eastwood	8 Oct 1927	18 Sep 1930	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 11day(s)	28th (1927 - 1930)

Political Party Activity

Nationalist Party.

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1908. President of Ryde District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. President of Meadowbank and West Ryde Parents and Residents Association. Founder and President of Ryde Bowling Club. Loyal Orange Lodge delegate to world conference, London 1926

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Real estate agent. Arrived in Australia in 1884. Worked as a grocer, agent and auctioneer initially at Leichhardt and after 1896 at Gladesville, moving to Ryde in 1905. Agent for Coffil and Company. until 1912; estate agent and auctioneer from 1905. Established brickworks in 1910.

Local Government Activity

Alderman of of the Municipal Council of Ryde from 1896 until 1919. Mayor 1904, 1908, 1913

Personal

Son of Archibald Anderson, master painter, and his wife Elizabeth Buchanan More. Married (1) Emily Amelia Ely Linderman circa 1891 and they had 1 son and 1 daughter. Married (2) Florence May McWhirter and they had 4 sons and 2 daughters. Presbyterian. Buried in Field-of-Mars cemetery, Ryde, New South Wales.

Additional Information

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