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Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia

Archibald Sanderson

Parliamentary Service

House

MLC

Party

Liberal Liberal until 1917 then National Country Party in 1922 President Liberal Club from 1911

Date Elected

22 May 1912

Electorate

Metropolitan-Suburban

Service

Electorates

MLC Metropolitan-Suburban 22 May 1912–19 October 1922 (resigned)

Private Member's Bills

Year Retired/Resigned

1922

Personal Information

Birth date

1 April 1870

Place of birth

Brie Brie station, near Glenthompson, Victoria, Australia

Death date

18 June 1937

Cause of death

Place of death

Lesmurdie, Western Australia

Cemetery

Guildford Cemetery, WA. Anglican area, C Section, 0095 grave site

Arrived in WA

To Western Australian 1895

Parents

Son of John, pastoralist and wool merchant, and Agnes Roberts

Marriage and Family

Married 9 October 1906, Warlingham, Surrey, England to Maude Louisa Rose Parry (born circa June 1884 and died 5 November 1973), daughter of Bishop Henry Hutton and Mary Leake Children: four sons and three daughters

Religion

Church of England

Education

Haileybury College
Christ Church, Oxford, Bachelor of Arts (BA), 1892

Occupation

Lawyer and journalist

Employment History

Parliamentary reporter, Christchurch Press and sub-editor, Wellington Evening Pres,New Zealand
Rode bicycle from Melbourne to Coolgardie, 1894 to report for press
Taught briefly, Perth High School
Leader writer and assistant editor, Morning Heraldfrom 1896
Sub-editor Daily News, 1900–1903
Developed fruit growing property
Studied viticulture in France, 1899–1900
Barrister, Inner Temple, 1906, WA Bar, November 1907

Local Government

Member, Darling Range Road Board from 7 March 1898–1901, 1907–1908, chairman 1898–1899

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Family moved to England
To Western Australian 1895
Bought 102 acres of land at Lesmurdie, 1897
Built Lesmurdie House and St Andrews (which became St Brigid’s Convent)
President, Darling Range Vine and Fruit growers’ Association
Returned to England, 1903 to study law
Contributed articles frequently to newspapers and published pamphlets eg Liberalism and Labour in Western Australia, Perth, 1911
Secretary, Darling Range Railway League
Member, Australian Round Table

References

D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 174.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 13 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=79abeca5-d11c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c3d1

Bibliography

Further Information

Donald Grant, 'Sanderson, Archibald (1870–1937)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sanderson-archibald-8333/text14621, published first in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 11 January 2016.