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

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.^[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

He married Eda Sophia Spehr on 29 December 1909; they divorced in 1941.^[5]

References

1. "Mr Reuben Mowbray". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022. This ref gives his middle name as "Cranston"
2. "S.E. paper taken over by staff". The Narracoorte Herald. 3 March 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 20 November 2014 – via Trove.
3. "Council vacancy". The Advertiser. 18 June 1932. p. 16. Retrieved 22 January 2015 – via Trove.
4. "Mr. Hunt to stand for council seat". The News. 22 April 1938. p. 12. Retrieved 22 January 2015 – via Trove.
5. "Court news in brief". The Chronicle. 27 March 1941. p. 30. Retrieved 20 November 2014 – via Trove.