Arthur Budd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Arthur Budd

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1870

Place of Birth: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1957

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Arthur Budd

  • Arthur Eames Budd (25 September 1870 – 28 November 1957) was an Australian politician. Born at Ipswich in Queensland to farmer John Budd and Sarah Naish, née Eames, he was educated privately before becoming a railway worker and road contractor, moving to Murwillumbah in New South Wales in 1891 to become a farmer.
  • On 14 August 1895 he married Annie Knight, with whom he had ten children.
  • Budd served on Murwillumbah Municipal Council from 1904 to 1908 and from 1920 to 1927, with a period as mayor from 1922 to 1927.
  • He was managing director of Budd's Farm Supplies until 1927 and had been a foundation member of the Tweed River Agricultural Society in 1910.
  • From 1921 to 1927 he was the Murwillumbah district Coroner.In 1927, Budd was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Country Party member for Byron.
  • He served until his retirement in 1944.
  • On 8 January 1935 he remarried Ida Swinney.
  • One of his sons from his first marriage, Sir Harry Budd, served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1946 to 1978.
  • Arthur Budd died at Murwillumbah in 1957 and was cremated in Brisbane.

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