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[edit]
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 onward.[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.[2]
Family[edit]
He married Eda Sophia Spehr on 29 December 1909; they divorced in 1941.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mr Reuben Mowbray". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022. This ref gives his middle name as "Cranston"
- ^ a b "S.E. paper taken over by staff". The Narracoorte Herald. 3 March 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 20 November 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Council vacancy". The Advertiser. 18 June 1932. p. 16. Retrieved 22 January 2015 – via Trove.
- ^ "Mr. Hunt to stand for council seat". The News. 22 April 1938. p. 12. Retrieved 22 January 2015 – via Trove.
- ^ "Court news in brief". The Chronicle. 27 March 1941. p. 30. Retrieved 20 November 2014 – via Trove.