Background
He was born in Melbourne to Polish immigrant fruit merchant Phillip Snider and Diare Rachel Pahl.
He was born in Melbourne to Polish immigrant fruit merchant Phillip Snider and Diare Rachel Pahl.
He attended Scotch College and became a theatre proprietor, moving to Sydney in 1925.
He was a partner in the film distribution company Snider and Dean, and also served on Woollahra Council from 1935 to 1948 (mayor in 1944). Snider died in Sydney in 1965.
From 1943 to 1965 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, first as a member of the Liberal Party and from 1959 as a Country Party member.