# Arthur Male

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**Arthur Male** (2 March 1870 – 20 January 1946) was an Australian businessman and politician who was a member of the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly) of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) from 1905 to 1917, representing the [seat of Kimberley](/source/Electoral_district_of_Kimberley). He was a minister in the first government of [Frank Wilson](/source/Frank_Wilson_(politician)).

## Early life

Male was born in [Bridport](/source/Bridport), [Dorset](/source/Dorset), England, to Martha (née Guppy) and Thomas Male. He emigrated to Australia in 1889, initially working on a farm in [Guildford](/source/Guildford,_Western_Australia) (near [Perth](/source/Perth)). In 1894, Male moved to [Broome](/source/Broome,_Western_Australia) (a town in the [Kimberley](/source/Kimberley_(Western_Australia))), where he managed a [pearling](/source/Pearling_in_Western_Australia) business. He later went into partnership with George Streeter, and their firm, Streeter and Male, had diverse commercial interests in the Kimberley, including in the pearling, fishing, and cattle trades. Male was elected to the [Broome Road Board](/source/Shire_of_Broome) in 1901, and later served as mayor of the [Broome Municipality](/source/Shire_of_Broome) from 1908 to 1909.[1]

## Politics

At the [1905 state election](/source/1905_Western_Australian_state_election), Male ran against [Francis Connor](/source/Francis_Connor) in the seat of Kimberley, and was successful. He was re-elected at the [1908 election](/source/1908_Western_Australian_state_election).[2] When Frank Wilson replaced [Newton Moore](/source/Newton_Moore) as [premier](/source/Premier_of_Western_Australia) in September 1910, he included Male in [his new ministry](/source/First_Wilson_Ministry_(Western_Australia)), as a [minister without portfolio](/source/Minister_without_portfolio). However, Wilson's government was defeated at the [1911 state election](/source/1911_Western_Australian_state_election), with [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch))'s [John Scaddan](/source/John_Scaddan) succeeding him as premier.[1] Male remained in parliament until the [1917 election](/source/1917_Western_Australian_state_election), which he did not contest. He ran for re-election as an "independent [Nationalist](/source/Nationalist_Party_of_Australia)" ten years later, at the [1927 election](/source/1927_Western_Australian_state_election), but was defeated by the sitting member, [Aubrey Coverley](/source/Aubrey_Coverley).[2]

## Later life

Male retired to [Perth](/source/Perth) in 1930, and died there in January 1946, aged 76. He had married Constance Cox in 1900, with whom he had five children.[1]

## References

1. [Arthur Male](http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/6B2E0DC60FC724F0482577E50028A6D6?OpenDocument) – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

1. 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.

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