Arthur Ernest William Short (24 October 1888 – 19 July 1949) was a prominent South Australian businessman and city councillor, who died within three weeks of being elected
Lord Mayor of Adelaide
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.
Short was born in
Maitland,
Yorke Peninsula
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, the only son of
Arthur Short, member for
Yorke Peninsula
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in the
South Australian House of Assembly
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from 1893 to 1896.
He was founder and managing director of
Adelaide
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paper merchants Woolcott, Short & Co., which had premises off
King William Street. In 1934 they moved to 13–19 Anster Street, off
Waymouth Street
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, and shortly afterwards became A. E. W. Short Pty. Limited.
He was a prominent
Rotarian
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– twice President of Adelaide Rotary Club, District Governor for South Australia (District 65) 1935–1936, and Governor of Rotary International.
He was a longtime supporter and member of the management committee of the
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* Somerton, New South Wales
* Somerton Park, South Australia, a seaside Adelaide suburb
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...
Crippled Children's Home, vice-president of
The Crippled Children's Association of South Australia, and a member of the Kangaroo Club administration committee. (The Kangaroo Club (1931-c. 1955) was an initiative of radio station
5AD, and raised funds for children's charities.)
He was councillor for Gawler ward in the Adelaide City Council for nine years, serving on several committees then, as the endorsed
LCL candidate, elected Lord Mayor on 2 July 1949 when he defeated C. W. Lloyd. He died of
peritonitis
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at
Wakefield Street
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Private Hospital after being suddenly taken ill at his
Unley Park home.
Family
Ernest Short married Viola Warren on 28 October 1914. They had one daughter and a son, Max Cameron Short (29 September 1922 – 1 June 1944), who was killed while serving as
Flying Officer
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Flying officer is immediately ...
with
454 Squadron,
RAAF
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in the Middle East during World War II.
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Mayors and lord mayors of Adelaide
1888 births
1949 deaths
20th-century Australian politicians
20th-century Australian businesspeople