Arthur Ernest William Short (24 October 1888 – 19 July 1949) was a prominent South Australian businessman and city councillor, who died within three weeks of being elected Lord Mayor of Adelaide.
He was founder and managing director of Adelaide paper merchants Woolcott, Short & Co., which had premises off King William Street.
)[2] He was councillor for Gawler ward in the Adelaide City Council for nine years, serving on several committees then, as the endorsed LCL candidate, elected Lord Mayor on 2 July 1949 when he defeated C. W. Lloyd.
He died of peritonitis at Wakefield Street Private Hospital after being suddenly taken ill at his Unley Park home.
They had one daughter and a son, Max Cameron Short (29 September 1922 – 1 June 1944), who was killed while serving as Flying Officer with 454 Squadron, RAAF in the Middle East during World War II.