Arthur Rowland Gardiner was an Australia

Australia

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n politician.

Gardiner was born in Windsor, New South Wales

Windsor, New South Wales

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 and educated at Windsor and Sydney

Sydney

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 Superior public schools and Sydney Teachers' College (now part of the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

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). He was a state school teacher from 1893 until 1903 at Sydney-area schools and from 1903 until 1910 in the Newcastle

Newcastle, New South Wales

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 area. He was the ALP

Australian Labor Party

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 member for Newcastle

Electoral district of Newcastle

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 in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 from 1910 to 1916, when he left the party on the conscription issue. He then represented Newcastle as a "Labor Independent" and "independent" member until 1922. He stood as a Nationalist

Nationalist Party of Australia

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 candidate in the state elections of 1927 and 1930. He married Maud Lois Christmas in about 1921 and died in the Sydney suburb of Earlwood

Earlwood, New South Wales

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