Sir Arthur Rutledge was a lawyer and politician in Queensland, Australia.
20 Facts About Arthur Rutledge
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Arthur Rutledge was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Arthur Rutledge was the son of James and Lucy Ann.
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Arthur Rutledge was born at Castlereagh near Penrith, New South Wales.
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Arthur Rutledge went with his parents to Drayton on the Darling Downs, Queensland in 1851, returning to Sydney with them in 1855.
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Arthur Rutledge was married in Surry Hills on 24 March 1869, to Mary Thomas Rabone who was born in 1848 in Vava'u, Tonga, the youngest daughter of the Wesleyan missionary Rev Stephen Rabone.
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Arthur Rutledge felt that his energy would be better served in a parliamentary seat than in a pulpit.
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Arthur Rutledge's political drive came from his desire to see all the British colonies on the Australian continent as one country.
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Arthur Rutledge believed the forced use of Pacific Island labourers on the plantations in North Queensland and the push for separation in the north would destroy Queensland's chance of joining in the federation of Australia.
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Arthur Rutledge was appointed Attorney-General in Sir Samuel Griffith's Ministry on 13 November 1883, and held that position until the Ministry resigned on 12 June 1888.
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Arthur Rutledge was elected for the Charters Towers district in 1888.
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Arthur Rutledge was one of the representatives of Queensland at the National Australasian Convention held in Sydney in 1891.
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In 1893 Arthur Rutledge attempted to return south from his seat of Charters Towers by contesting his previous seat of Enoggera but failed to win it.
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Arthur Rutledge then returned to the Bar as a barrister and Crown Prosecutor.
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Arthur Rutledge again served as Attorney-General from December 1899 until September 1903.
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Arthur Rutledge was formally Leader of the Opposition for two months from 28 June 1904.
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Arthur Rutledge had a series of appointments as an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, the first of which was on 6 September 1904.
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Arthur Rutledge held these positions until his death in Manly, Sydney on 8 February 1917.
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Arthur Rutledge was survived by his second wife, his three sons, four daughters and twenty grandchildren.
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Arthur Rutledge's funeral was held at the Albert Street Methodist Church in Brisbane and he was buried at Toowong Cemetery.