Archibald Sanderson was an Australian politician.

Born at Glenthompson

Glenthompson, Victoria

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 in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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 to pastoralist John Sanderson and Agnes Roberts, he attended Haileybury College and Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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 (graduating in 1892) after the family's move to England

England

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 before travelling to New Zealand

New Zealand

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 to work as a parliamentary reporter for the Christchurch

Christchurch

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 Press

The Press

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and the Wellington

Wellington

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 Evening Press. In 1895 he moved to Western Australia

Western Australia

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 and joined the Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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 Morning Herald. He established a fruit-growing property in the Darling Range and studied law from 1903, being called to the English Bar in 1906 and the Western Australian equivalent in 1907. He married Maude Louisa Rose Parry in 1906. In 1911 he was first president of the Western Australian Liberal Club, and in 1912 was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council

Western Australian Legislative Council

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 as a Liberal

Commonwealth Liberal Party

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 member, where he advocated laissez-faire

Laissez-faire

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economic policies and occasionally supported Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 legislation. Although he had been an opponent of Federation, he also the secession movement. He joined the Country Party and ran on its Senate

Australian Senate

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ticket in 1922. Sanderson died in 1937.