Sir Joseph Totterdell (4 August 1885 – 26 December 1959) was an Australian politician who was the Lord Mayor of Perth from 1945 to 1953. He was also a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1950 to 1953, representing the seat of West Perth.
Sir Joseph Totterdell | |
|---|---|
| Lord Mayor of Perth | |
| In office 24 November 1945 – 30 November 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Thomas Meagher |
| Succeeded by | James Murray |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia | |
| In office 25 March 1950 – 14 February 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Ross McDonald |
| Succeeded by | Stanley Heal |
| Constituency | West Perth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 August 1885 Marple, Cheshire, England |
| Died | 26 December 1959 (aged 74) Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
Totterdell was born in Marple, Cheshire, England. Apprenticed to a bricklayer after leaving school, he emigrated to Australia in 1903, eventually opening a building firm with his brothers. Totterdell was elected to the City of Perth council in 1931, and served as a councillor until 1945, when he was elected lord mayor.[1] At the 1950 state election, while still remaining lord mayor, he successfully contested the seat of West Perth for the Liberal Party, replacing a former leader of the party, Robert Ross McDonald. However, Totterdell would serve only a single term in parliament, as at the 1953 election he was defeated by the high-profile Labor candidate, Stan Heal (a former Australian rules footballer).[2] He retired as lord mayor at the end of the same year,[1] having been knighted in the 1953 New Year Honours.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Joseph Totterdell – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.
- ^ "No. 39732". The London Gazette. 1 January 1953. p. 2.