Theodore Bruce

Theodore Bruce (5 Afrilu 1847 - 2 Yuli 1911) ya kasance mai gwanjo, ɗan siyasa kuma Magajin Garin Adelaide daga 1904 zuwa 1907.

 Tarihi 
An haifi Theodore Bruce a Leeds, Yorkshire, ɗan William Bruce, wani babban mai kera ulu. Kaka, Edward Baines, shi ne mamallakin Leeds Mercury kuma memba na Majalisar Wakilai ta Leeds.

Ya zo Ostiraliya tare da iyayensa a shekarar 1852, kuma jim kaɗan bayan isowarsa ya fara karatunsa na firamare a Cibiyar Ilimi ta JL Young da ke Adelaide, sai kuma Kwalejin St Peter . Aikinsa na farko ya kasance a tashar da ke arewa maso gabashin Kudancin Ostiraliya, sannan a shekarar 1862 ya shiga Randolph Isham Stow a kamfanin lauyoyi na Stow & Bruce, sannan Bankin Ƙasa na Adelaide ya biyo baya a kusan shekarar 1872, wanda ya tilasta masa yin tafiye-tafiye a arewacin Jihar, a lokacin ne ya zama ƙwararren mai doki.

Mahaifinsa, ɗan wani limamin cocin Congregationalist a Wakefield, Yorkshire, ya kafa a matsayin ɗan kasuwa a Adelaide a 1852 kuma ya yi ritaya a 1863, ya koma Ingila a 1876, ya mutu a Ilkley a 1893, yana da shekaru 96. Mahaifiyarsa ta rasu a 1890. 

A shekara ta 1878 ko 1880 ya fara kasuwancin gwanjo tare da tsohon abokin makarantar George S. Aldridge, wanda daga baya ya zama shugaban kasuwar hannun jari.  Sun kafa wani kamfanin giya a Broken Hill, wanda Bruce ya jagoranta, sannan a shekara ta 1888 suka sayar wa Kamfanin Brewing and Wine and Spirit na Kudancin Australia . An wargaza haɗin gwiwar a shekara ta 1889, kuma Bruce ya ci gaba da yin gwanjon shi kaɗai, tare da ofisoshi a Old Exchange, titin Pirie. Ya zama memba na Kamfanin Adelaide Stock Exchange.  Kasuwancin ya ci gaba da kasancewa a ƙarƙashin sunansa har zuwa yau.

 Siyasa 
A kusan shekarar 1895, Goodwood Ward ta Majalisar Unley ta zaɓe shi kansila, kuma ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru biyu, sannan aka zaɓe shi magajin gari a shekarar 1898 da 1899. Ya kuma yi aiki daga 1894 a matsayin kansila a Kamfanin Adelaide na Yankin Hindmarsh, kuma bayan rasuwar Hon. Samuel Tomkinson aka zaɓe shi a matsayin shugaban ƙaramar hukuma, kuma ya riƙe muƙamin magajin garin Adelaide a tsakanin 1904-1906. Babban nasarar da ya samu ita ce yarjejeniyar da aka cimma da Firayim Minista Thomas Price don kafa hanyar sadarwa ta hanyoyin jirgin ƙasa ta Adelaide. An ba Bruce lambar yabo ta zama kansila ta farko, kuma shi ne wakilin farko na Majalisar Birni a Ƙungiyar Tramways ta Municipal.

Ya tsaya takara sau biyu a Majalisar Dokoki: na Gabashin Adelaide da na Torrens, duka biyun ɗan takarar Labour ya kayar da shi. An zaɓe shi a Majalisar Dokoki a watan Mayu na 1909, inda ya cike gurbin da AA Kirkpatrick ya bari a Majalisar Dokoki ta Tsakiya.[1] Bruce ya mutu shekaru biyu bayan haka; Charles Richard Morris ya gaje shi.

 Manazarta 
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers and Valuers is Australia's oldest auction house. These partners, both born in 1847, married the sisters McFie and died within two months of each other. Both were cremated
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1911