Matthew Moss was a minister in the governments of Alf Morgans, Walter James, and Hector Rason.
14 Facts About Matthew Moss
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Matthew Moss left for England in 1914 and spent the rest of his life there, although he maintained connections with Australia, on two occasions acting as Agent-General for Western Australia.
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Matthew Moss was born to a Jewish family in Dunedin, New Zealand, where his father, formerly resident in Victoria, was a music teacher and choirmaster.
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However, the sitting member, William Pearse, resigned his seat the following year to travel to England, and Matthew Moss was elected at the resulting by-election.
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Matthew Moss attempted to transfer to the new seat of East Fremantle at the 1897 election, but was defeated by Joseph Holmes by a margin of six votes.
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Matthew Moss held that position until May 1900, when he defeated Daniel Keen Congdon to become one of the three MLCs for West Province.
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When first Leake government fell in November 1901, Alf Morgans nominated Matthew Moss to fill the role of Colonial Secretary in his new ministry.
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George Leake died in June 1902, and Matthew Moss was back in favour in the new ministry led by Walter James, becoming a minister without portfolio.
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The Daglish government collapsed in August 1905, and Matthew Moss was again made a minister without portfolio in the new Rason ministry.
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Rason was replaced as premier by Newton Moore less than a year later, and Matthew Moss did not retain his position in cabinet.
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Matthew Moss joined the short-lived Liberal Party upon its creation in 1911, and remained in parliament until 1914, when he left for London.
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Matthew Moss died at a London nursing home in February 1946.
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Matthew Moss had married Katherine Lyons in 1895, with whom he had two sons.
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Matthew Moss had been an inaugural member of the Senate of the University of Western Australia, and preceded her husband in death, dying in London in 1936.