Background
He was born in Richmond, Tasmania.
He was born in Richmond, Tasmania.
In 1916 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Franklin. He served until he was defeated in 1919. He was re-elected in a recount in 1922 and in 1925 switched seats to Wilmot.
He was defeated again in 1928 but returned for a final term from 1929 to 1931.
He resigned from the Labor Party in 1932. Shoobridge died in Hobart in 1940.