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Australian politician

Sir Joseph Totterdell
Lord Mayor of Perth
In office
24 November 1945 – 30 November 1953
Preceded bySir Thomas Meagher
Succeeded byJames Murray
Member of the Legislative Assembly
of Western Australia
In office
25 March 1950 – 14 February 1953
Preceded byRoss McDonald
Succeeded byStanley Heal
ConstituencyWest Perth
Personal details
Born(1885-08-04)4 August 1885
Marple, Cheshire, England
Died26 December 1959(1959-12-26) (aged 74)
Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyLiberal

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.

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. 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). He retired as lord mayor at the end of the same year, having been knighted in the 1953 New Year Honours.

References

  1. ^ Joseph Totterdell – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  2. Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, : Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.
  3. "No. 39732". The London Gazette. 1 January 1953. p. 2.
Parliament of Western Australia
Preceded byRoss McDonald Member for West Perth
1950–1953 		Succeeded byStanley Heal
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