Arthur Rutledge
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The Honourable Sir Arthur Rutledge KCMG, QC |
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| Leader of the Opposition of Queensland | |
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In office 28 June 1904 – 27 August 1904 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Philp |
| Succeeded by | Robert Philp |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Enoggera |
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In office 21 November 1878 – 18 August 1883 Serving with James Dickson |
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| Succeeded by | John Lloyd Bale |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Kennedy |
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In office 5 October 1883 – 12 May 1888 Serving with Isidor Lissner |
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| Preceded by | Francis Horace Stubley |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Charters Towers |
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In office 12 May 1888 – 13 May 1893 Serving with Robert Sayers |
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| Succeeded by | John Dunsford |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Maranoa |
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In office 18 March 1899 – 27 August 1904 |
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| Preceded by | Robert King |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Alfred Spencer |
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29 August 1843 Penrith, New South Wales |
| Died | 8 February 1917 (aged 73) Sydney, New South Wales |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
| Political party | Ministerial |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Thomas Rabone,(m.1869 d.1908) Rose Ann Davey (m.1910) |
| Occupation | Barrister, Crown Prosecutor, Judge, Methodist minister |
| Religion | Methodist |
Sir Arthur Rutledge (29 August 1843 – 8 February 1917) was a lawyer and politician in Queensland (Australia). He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Arthur Rutledge was the son of James and Lucy Ann (née Field). He was born at Castlereagh near Penrith, New South Wales. He went with his parents to Drayton on the Darling Downs, Queensland (then in New South Wales) in 1851, returning to Sydney with them in 1855.
He was the eldest child of the family. His brothers were Rev William Woolls Rutledge 1849-1921, Rev Dr David Dunlop Rutledge 1852-1905.and James Josiah Rutledge 1854-1946. His sisters were Maria Jane Rutledge 1845–1922 (married William John Newton), Susanna Wesley Rutledge 1847–1936 (married Pierre Claude Louat), Lucy Ann Rutledge 1858–1901 (married Dr Joseph Parker), Frances Margaret Rutledge 1861–1919 (married John Scott Connell and Rev Alfred Ernest Jones Ross).
Rutledge entered the Wesleyan Church, being ordained a minister in 1865. His parishes in New South Wales were Tenterfield 1865-1868, Maitland 1868-1869, West Kempsey 1869-1872, Grafton 1872-1875 and, in Queensland, Fortitude Valley (Brisbane) 1875-1878.
Arthur Rutledge was married in Surry Hills (Sydney) on 24 March 1869, to Mary Thomas Rabone who was born in 1848 in Vava'u, Tonga, the youngest daughter of the Wesleyan missionary Rev. Stephen Rabone.
Rutledge felt that his energy would be better served in a parliamentary seat than in a pulpit. To do that, he also needed the income as a barrister. In May 1878 he was admitted to the Queensland Bar. After unsuccessfully contesting the North Brisbane constituency he was elected with the Hon. James Robert Dickson, for Enoggera at the general election of 1878.
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