Rowland Joseph Anderson (30 September 1872 – 29 August 1959) was an Australian politician. He was born in Kurrajong to farmer William James Anderson and Sarah Roberts. He attended public school at

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but left at sixteen to work as a tanner at Smithfield. On 16 September 1896 he married Minnie Maud Critchley; they had four children. In 1896 he established his own tannery business in

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, and in 1904 was elected a local alderman. Also in 1904, he was elected to the

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as the Liberal member for

. He did not re-contest in 1907. From 1929 to 1931 he was federal president of the Master Tanners Association; he was also deputy chair of the federal Hide and Leather Industries Board during both world wars. Anderson died in

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on .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Rowland 1872 births 1959 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly