Nationality New Zealander Role Australian Politician Relations Charles Rae (father) Died November 25, 1943 | Occupation Shearer, journalist Resigned June 30, 1935 Name Arthur Rae | |
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Born 14 March 1860
Christchurch, New Zealand ( 1860-03-14 ) Political party Australian Labor Party (1910–1931), Australian Labor Party (NSW) (1931–1935) | ||
Arthur Rae (14 March 1860 – 25 November 1943) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician. Born in Christchurch to Charles and Ann Rae (née Beldam), he received a primary education at Blenheim before migrating to Australia in 1878, where he became a miner, shearer and journalist. He was secretary of the New South Wales Shearers' Union during the 1890 strike. He also served as Vice-President, President and Honorary-General Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union. In 1891, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as one of the three members for Murrumbidgee, leaving the Assembly in 1894. In 1910, Rae was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator from New South Wales. He held the seat until his defeat in 1914. He returned to the Senate, after a break of over ten years, in 1929 (elected in 1928). After the Labor split of 1931, Rae joined the Lang Labor group, but was defeated as a Lang Labor candidate in 1934. Rae died in 1943.