Joseph Totterdell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Totterdell

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1885

Place of Birth: Marple, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1959

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Sir Joseph Totterdell (4 August 1885 – 26 December 1959) was an Australian politician who was the Lord Mayor of Perth from 1945 to 1953.
He was also a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1950 to 1953, representing the seat of West Perth. Totterdell was born in Marple, Cheshire, England.
Apprenticed to a bricklayer after leaving school, he emigrated to Australia in 1903, eventually opening a building firm with his brothers.
Totterdell was elected to the City of Perth council in 1931, and served as a councillor until 1945, when he was elected lord mayor.
At the 1950 state election, while still remaining lord mayor, he successfully contested the seat of West Perth for the Liberal Party, replacing a former leader of the party, Robert Ross McDonald.
However, Totterdell would serve only a single term in parliament, as at the 1953 election he was defeated by the high-profile Labor candidate, Stan Heal (a former Australian rules footballer).
He retired as lord mayor at the end of the same year, having been knighted in the 1953 New Year Honours.