Reuben Cranstoun Mowbray

Reuben Cranstoun Mowbray (31 Aug 1883 – 12 Jul 1955)[1] was a newspaper editor and member of the South Australian parliament.

History

Born in Gippsland, Victoria, Mowbray was a reporter, then editor of the South Eastern Times from 1906 to early 1952, and its owner from 1921.[2]

He worked for a while as a solicitor in Bordertown prior to entering politics. In 1932, he was elected unopposed as a Liberal and Country League member of the South Australian Legislative Council for the Southern District, following the death in office of Sir Lancelot Stirling.[3] He ran for re-election in 1938 but was defeated, and was unsuccessful in a bid for LCL preselection for a 1938 by-election for another Southern District seat.[4]

Mowbray sold the newspaper to the five members of his staff in 1952.[5]

Family

He married Eda Sophia Spehr on 29 December 1909; they divorced in 1941.[6]

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gollark: There are many things people should know. But some of them school is effectively unable to teach, and others really should be easy to learn independently for competent sane people.
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References
  1. "Hon Reuben Mowbray". Parliament of South Australia. 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011. This ref gives his middle name as "Cranston"
  2. "S.E. Paper Taken Over by Staff". The Narracoorte Herald. SA: National Library of Australia. 3 March 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. "COUNCIL VACANCY". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 June 1932. p. 16. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. "Mr. Hunt to Stand For Council Seat". The News. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 April 1938. p. 12. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. "S.E. Paper Taken Over by Staff". The Narracoorte Herald. SA: National Library of Australia. 3 March 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. "Court News in Brief". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 27 March 1941. p. 30. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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