Sir Charles Samuel Nathan CBE was an Australian businessman, politician, and philanthropist.
12 Facts About Charles Nathan
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The family soon immigrated to New Zealand, and Charles Nathan attended school in Christchurch.
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Charles Nathan briefly trained as a solicitor, but did not go any further down that path.
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Charles Nathan first entered public life in 1901, when he was elected as a councillor for the East Fremantle Municipality.
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Charles Nathan served in that role until 1905, when he unsuccessfully ran for mayor against the incumbent, William Angwin, losing by 59 votes as he polled 46.31 percent of the total.
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Charles Nathan then went on to serve on the Fremantle Municipal Tramways board for several years.
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Charles Nathan conducted trade negotiations for the federal government in the United Kingdom, serving as a commissioner to the British Empire Exhibition in London in 1924.
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Charles Nathan was involved in the federal Advisory Council of Science and Industry from its beginnings in the early 1920s, and served a one-year term on its executive starting in 1927.
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Charles Nathan's campaign was strongly endorsed by the Mirror, a now-defunct Perth newspaper, which branded him "the man who gave something for nothing".
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In 1931, following the resignation of Sir Norbert Keenan from Cabinet, Charles Nathan was regarded as a contender to replace him in the ministry, though this did not eventuate.
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Charles Nathan died in Perth in 1936, having suffered from cerebrovascular disease for several years.
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Charles Nathan had married Mary Bessie Lichtenstein in 1898, with whom he had a daughter and two sons.