Mayor of Strathfield [1911-12] & Alderman [1907-1914]
By Cathy Jones
Charles Cadell Capper served on Strathfield Council as an Alderman from February 1907 to January 1914 and was elected Mayor in 1911 and 1912. Capper was elected to represent the Homebush Ward (Wards were abolished in 1916 in Strathfield Municipality).
Capper (1870-1952) was a Director of Weaver and Perry Ltd, Stock and Station Agents and Fat Stock Salesman of Hunter Street Sydney[2]. He was born in Morpeth NSW, the son of William and Elizabeth Capper[3]. He married Isabel Woodd in 1901 and the couple had two children.
Capper lived at ‘Lillawah’ in Burlington Rd Homebush and later built ‘Glen Mavis’ 59-61 Abbotsford Rd Homebush in 1911 before moving to Chatswood. He died in 1952.
Reference
Strathfield Council meeting minutes
Funeral Notice Charles Cadell Capper, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 December 1952
The Sydney Mail, May 17 1911
Charles Capper (1927), Who’s Who in Australia
Strathfield Heritage 