Matthew Moss
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The Honourable Matthew Moss KC |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 22 May 1895 – 4 May 1897 |
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| Preceded by | William Pearse |
| Succeeded by | Denis Doherty |
| Constituency | North Fremantle |
| Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia |
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In office 22 May 1900 – 6 December 1901 Serving with Henry Briggs and Alfred Kidson |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Keen Congdon |
| Succeeded by | Robert Laurie |
| Constituency | West Province |
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In office 22 May 1902 – 21 May 1914 Serving with Henry Briggs (1902–1914) Robert Laurie (1902–1912) Robert Lynn (1912–1914) |
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| Preceded by | Alfred Kidson |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Allen |
| Constituency | West Province |
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Matthew Lewis Moss 1 December 1863 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | February 28, 1946 (aged 82) London, England |
| Political party | Liberal (from 1911) |
Matthew Lewis Moss KC (1 December 1863 – 28 February 1946) was a lawyer and politician who served in the Parliament of Western Australia on three separate occasions – in the Legislative Assembly from 1895 to 1897, and in the Legislative Council from 1900 to 1901 and again from 1902 to 1914. He was a minister in the governments of Alf Morgans (1901), Walter James (1902–1904), and Hector Rason (1905–1906). Moss was born in New Zealand and arrived in Western Australia in 1891. He left for England in 1914 and spent the rest of his life there, although he maintained connections with Australia, on two occasions acting as Agent-General for Western Australia.
Moss was born to a Jewish family in Dunedin, New Zealand, where his father, formerly resident in Victoria, was a music teacher and choirmaster. His grandfather, also Matthew Moss, had been choirmaster at the Great Synagogue of London. Educated in New Zealand, Moss served his articles with his uncle, Joel Barnett Lewis, before being admitted to the bar in 1886. After several years at Hokitika, Moss arrived in Western Australia in 1891, practising first at Fremantle and later in Perth. From 1904, his partner was John Dwyer, a future Chief Justice of Western Australia.
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