22 Facts About Samuel Mauger

Samuel Mauger was an Australian social reformer and politician.

Samuel Mauger served in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and the Australian House of Representatives, including as Postmaster-General in the Deakin government.

Samuel Mauger championed a number of political causes, including workers' rights, protectionism and temperance.

Samuel Mauger was a Bible class teacher at St Mark's Church of England in Fitzroy.

Samuel Mauger later became the Sunday-school superintendent at St Paul's Congregational Church in North Fitzroy.

On 13 May 1880, Samuel Mauger married Hanna Rice, whom he had met at St Mark's; they eventually had four sons and four daughters.

Samuel Mauger was a superintendent in the Fire Brigades' Association of Victoria and four times president of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board.

Samuel Mauger was one of the founders and secretary of the National Anti-Sweating League from 1895.

Samuel Mauger was on the Board enquiry for unemployment in 1899 and involved in the royal commission of Victorian factories and shops law in 1900.

Samuel Mauger attempted to run for politics in various State electorates before becoming a Member of Parliament.

Samuel Mauger stood for the seat of Fitzroy in 1892, South Melbourne in 1896 and Portland in 1897.

In 1900, Samuel Mauger was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Footscray.

Samuel Mauger held the seat of Footscray until May 1901, where he resigned from State politics and ran for Federal politics.

Samuel Mauger served as the member for Melbourne Ports from 1901 to 1906.

At the 1906 federal election, Samuel Mauger contested the newly created seat of Maribyrnong and became the electorate's first Federal Member of Parliament.

Samuel Mauger was a Minister without a Portfolio from 1906 until 1907 and then Postmaster-General until 1908.

Samuel Mauger lost his seat of Maribyrnong to ALP candidate James Fenton in 1910.

Samuel Mauger ran for the Senate in 1913 and 1914, but failed to get elected.

Samuel Mauger was an ardent protectionist and was for some time honorary secretary of the protectionists' association of Victoria; he was for a time president of the Melbourne Total Abstinence Society, and chairman of the Indeterminate Sentences Board; and he presumably found some time for his business as a hatter and mercer.

In 1934 Samuel Mauger wrote a brochure on The Rise and Progress of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Victoria, Australia, on page 29 some verses relating to the success of the staff fund illustrate his philosophy of life.

Samuel Mauger died in Elsternwick, Victoria and is buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery.

Samuel Mauger was survived by his wife, two sons and four daughters.