Samuel Aaron Joseph (14 October 1824 – 25 September 1898) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born in
London
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to Aaron Steatham Joseph and Frances Cohen. He migrated to
Wellington
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in
New Zealand
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in 1843 and moved to
Sydney
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in 1856. He married Matilda Phillipa Levien in 1856; they had three children. In Sydney he was a merchant and closely involved in the business community. In 1864 he was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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for
West Sydney, serving until his resignation in 1868 to travel to England.
In 1882 he was appointed to the
New South Wales Legislative Council
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; he left the Council in 1885 but returned in 1887, serving until 1893. Joseph died at
Woollahra
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in 1898.
References
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1824 births
1898 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
19th-century Australian politicians
Burials at Rookwood Cemetery