Arthur Williams (Samoan politician)

Arthur Williams (died 3 October 1953) was an Australian-born Western Samoan plumber and politician who served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1924 and 1929.

Born in Australia, as a teenager Williams ran away to Fiji, where he worked as a chauffeur for the government.

[1] In 1915 he visited Western Samoa and decided to remain in the territory permanently.

[1] He subsequently set up a plumbing and tinsmith business in 1917,[2][3][4] and married Telesia Tuala in July 1919.

[6] Like the other two, Olaf Frederick Nelson and George Westbrook, he was a member of the anti-colonial Mau movement.