Titus Lander
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Titus Lander | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia | |
| In office 3 October 1911 – 21 October 1914 | |
| Preceded by | John Hardwick |
| Succeeded by | John Hardwick |
| Constituency | East Perth |
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| Born | 5 April 1861 Harrow on the Hill, London, England |
| Died | 8 January 1948 (aged 86) Maylands, Western Australia, Australia |
| Party | Labor |
Titus Lander (5 April 1861 – 8 January 1948) was an Australian politician and animal welfare advocate. He was the first salaried RSPCA inspector in Western Australia, and later served a single term in the state's Legislative Assembly (from 1911 to 1914), where he secured the passage of an animal welfare bill.
Lander was born in London, England, to Margaret (née Moran) and James Brooke Lander. He trained as a stonemason, which had been his father's profession, and emigrated to South Australia in 1883. He later lived for periods in Victoria and New South Wales, working as a monumental mason. Lander arrived in Western Australia in October 1892.[1] He initially continued in the masonry trade, but soon began volunteering as an inspector for the local branch of the SPCA. Lander began working full-time for the SPCA in 1894, and until 1906 was the organisation's only salaried inspector in Western Australia. In 1907, he had a gas chamber built at his home in Highgate, allowing stray cats and dogs to be euthanised humanely.[2] Outside of his animal welfare work, Lander also sat the Sanitary Institute exams, allowing him to work as a food inspector for the Perth board of health.[1]