Arthur Charles Cooper

Arthur Cooper
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mitchell
In office
11 March 1902 – 14 April 1905
Preceded byCharles Fitzgerald
Succeeded byJohn Payne
Personal details
Born
Arthur Charles Cooper

May 1864
London, England
Died1 October 1921 (aged 57)
Norwich, England
NationalityEnglish Australian
Political partyMinisterial
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin
OccupationSheep station manager

Arthur Charles Cooper (May 1864 – 1 October 1921) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Cooper was born in London, the son of Edward Henry Cooper and his wife Charlotte Maria (née Mills). He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin and went to South Africa where he served with Sir Charles Warren's Buchuanaland Expedition in 1884-1885 and with the Connaught Rangers against the Boer forces. He came to Queensland in 1886 and acquired Weewondilla Station at Longreach in 1889.[1]

He returned to England in 1905, inherited a large fortune, and lived at Gissing Hall, Norfolk. He died in Norwich in October 1921.[1]

Public life

Cooper, a Ministerialist, represented the seat of Mitchell from 1902 until he resigned in 1905 to return to England.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Mitchell
1902–1905 		Succeeded by