Charles Tucker (politician)

Charles Tucker (20 February 1857 – 5 December 1928) was Mayor of Adelaide from 1894 to 1898 and a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the seats of Encounter Bay and Alexandra.

He started his working life at Port Adelaide in 1879 with G. R. Selth, next became manager for Graves & Co., then partner in E. Malpas & Co., shipping and customs agents; he purchased Malpas's share in the company in 1880, becoming sole owner.

His fortunes rose when he was appointed shipping and customs agent for John Martin and Co., the titular head of which became his brother-in-law.

[7] In 1888 he was elected councillor for the East Ward, City of Port Adelaide, and fifteen months later succeeded Ralph Wheatley Odgers Kestel (died 1903) as mayor,[8] a position he held for three years.

[1] According to the Kalgoorlie Sun, this was a secret marriage; he kept his wife in Victoria, employing his sister (Ellen Brown) to act as hostess while he was mayor of Adelaide (1894–1898).