Arthur Fuller

Arthur Nieberding Fuller (24 October 1893 – 21 March 1987) was a long-serving member of the Australian House of Representatives.

For the New Zealand cricketer, see Arthur Fuller (cricketer).
For the Unitarian clergyman, see Arthur Buckminster Fuller.

Arthur Fuller
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Hume
In office
21 August 1943 – 10 December 1949
Preceded byThomas Collins
Succeeded byCharles Anderson
In office
28 April 1951 – 10 December 1955
Preceded byCharles Anderson
Succeeded byCharles Anderson
In office
9 December 1961 – 30 November 1963
Preceded byCharles Anderson
Succeeded byIan Pettitt
Personal details
Born(1893-10-24)24 October 1893
Gundagai, New South Wales
Died21 March 1987(1987-03-21) (aged 93)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseVera Hoad
OccupationClothing store manager

Born in Gundagai to a goldminer and his wife, Fuller spent his childhood in the New South Wales goldfields. He later managed a clothing store in Cobar before moving to Tumut in 1919 to open a clothing store of his own. In 1921, Fuller met and married Vera Hoad, with whom he had two daughters, and established a Labor Party branch in Tumut (for which he served as secretary until 1971).

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