Richard Arthur (Australian politician)
Richard Arthur (25 October 1865 – 21 May 1932) was an Australian politician, social reformer and medical practitioner.
Early life
Arthur was born in
hypnotism in Paris, which earned him an MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1891.[3] After again becoming ill working in the slums of London, he returned to Australia and established a practice in the Sydney suburb of Mosman, specialising in eye, ear-nose-and-throat, and dental work. He was a director of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from 1917 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1931 and of Sydney Hospital from 1924 to 1932.[4]
Political career
Arthur was elected in 1904 to the
Royal Commission on Lunacy Law and Administration and, as a eugenicist, recommended special training and institutions for "defectives". He represented Mosman from 1927 to 1932 and was Minister for Public Health from 1927 to 1930 during the Bavin Government,[6] but he failed to carry a mental defectives bill.[4]
Arthur died in Mosman and was survived by his wife, son and two daughters.[4] His wife's sister, Mary Alexander Sinclair Bruce, was married to Frederick Smythe Willis, sometime mayor of Willoughby, New South Wales and a founder member (and first hon. treasurer) of the Corporation of Accountants of Australia.[7]
References
- ^ Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 2, 1932, p. 95
- ^ "Richard Arthur (1865–1932)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- hdl:1842/23687.
- ^ OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
- ^ The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 December 1912
- ^ "Dr Richard Arthur (1865–1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Marriage". The Press. Vol. XLIX, no. 8317. 31 October 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
Further reading
- ISBN 0702219746.
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