Maurice Alexander (1820 – 27 January 1874) was an English-born Australian politician who served as a member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...

from 1861 to 1872.

Background

He was born in

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to merchant Isaac Alexander and Susan Levy. He migrated to

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in 1834 and became a merchant. He also owned property at

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. In 1857 he married Isabella Levey. In 1861 he was elected to the

for

, serving until his defeat in 1872. Alexander died in Sydney on 27 January 1874.

References

1820 births 1874 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub