Arthur Henry Moverly (15 March 1887 – 4 April 1956) was an Australian politician. Born at

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, the son of publican John Moverly, he attended Cleveland Public School and Sydney Technical College before being apprenticed to a builder. He went to the

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in 1907 and studied in

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, New York and

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before returning around 1912 and settling at Randwick. On 18 March 1916 he married Elsie Beatrice Whitting, with whom he had three children. A Randwick councillor from 1922 to 1937, he was mayor from 1931 to 1932. Moverly also served on the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board (1927–56, vice-president 1933) and the State Housing Improvement Board (1937). In 1932 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Randwick, serving until his defeat in 1941. Moverly died in Sydney in 1956.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moverly, Arthur 1887 births 1956 deaths United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Mayors of Randwick New South Wales local councillors University of Technology Sydney alumni 20th-century Australian politicians