David Anderson (Australian politician) explained

David Anderson
Constituency Mp:Ryde
Parliament:New South Wales
Term Start:20 March 1920
Term End:7 September 1927
Predecessor:William Thompson
Successor:Henry McDicken
Alongside:Bavin, Greig, Henley, Loxton/Sanders
Constituency Mp2:Eastwood
Parliament2:New South Wales
Term Start2:8 October 1927
Term End2:18 September 1930
Predecessor2:New creation
Successor2:Seat abolished
Birth Date:2 February 1865
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Death Place:Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Restingplace:Field of Mars Cemetery
Birthname:David More Anderson
Party:Nationalist Party of Australia
Children:Ken Anderson

David More Anderson (2 February 1865 – 11 February 1936) was an Australian politician.

He was born at Glasgow, Scotland, to master painter Archibald Anderson and Elizabeth Buchanan, née More. He arrived in Australia in 1884, finding work as a grocer, agent and auctioneer in the Leichhardt area of Sydney. Around 1891 he married Emily Amelia Ely Linderman, with whom he had two children; he would later marry Florence May McWhirter and have a further six children. In 1896 he moved to Gladesville and in 1905 to Ryde, serving as an alderman on Ryde Municipal Council from 1896 to 1919 (mayor 1904, 1908, 1913). He continued to work in the real estate and auctioneering business, and also established a brickworks in 1910. In 1920 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Nationalist member for Ryde. With the reintroduction of single-member districts in 1927 he was elected as the member for Eastwood, but he was defeated in 1930. Anderson died at Ryde in 1936.[1]

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  1. 1149 . Mr David More Anderson (1865–1936) . Yes . 27 April 2019.