Maurice Alexander

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Date of Birth1820
Death Date27 January 1874

ParliamentNew South Wales
DesignationMLA Goulburn
PartyIndependent
Term1861 to 1872

BiographyMaurice Alexander was born in London in about 1820 and arrived in Sydney with his parents in 1834. He was a merchant in partnership with Isaac Levey as well as a director of a number of public companies including the Australian Gaslight Company (AGL). While he continued to live in Sydney, he purchased a property near Goulburn and became the local member in 1861 serving continuously until defeated at the election of 1872. As a parliamentarian, he was fiercely independent voting for good government rather than following any political movement. Alexander was very active in Jewish communal affairs especially for the York St. synagogue and was a prominent donor in early Jewish educational causes. He married Isabella Levey in 1857 and died in Sydney at the age of 54.