Reuben Cranstoun Mowbray (31 Aug 1883 – 12 Jul 1955) was a newspaper editor and member of the

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History

Born in

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, Mowbray was a reporter, then editor of the

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from 1906 to early 1952, and its owner from 1921 onward. He worked for a while as a solicitor in Bordertown prior to entering politics. In 1932, he was elected unopposed as a

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member of the

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for the Southern District, following the death in office of Sir

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. 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. Mowbray sold the newspaper to the five members of his staff in 1952.

Family

He married Eda Sophia Spehr on 29 December 1909; they divorced in 1941.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mowbray, Reuben Cranstoun Members of the South Australian Legislative Council Australian newspaper editors 1883 births 1955 deaths Liberal and Country League politicians 20th-century Australian politicians 20th-century Australian journalists