Edward Walter
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–1928 | 22nd | Stratford | Reform | ||
Edward Walter (15 January 1866 – 30 January 1932) was a New Zealand politician from Taranaki.
Life
Walter was born on 14 January 1866 in Stratton, Cornwall, England, and baptised on 8 February 1866, in Stratton Parish Church. He was the son of John Walter and Nancy Player Smith, who married on 4 April 1865, in Bude Haven Parish, Cornwall. His father was a yeoman, of Kilkhampton. At the time of his son's baptism he was recorded as an Inn Keeper, the same occupation as his father-in-law.
He was Chairman of the Stratford County Council from 1917 to 1925.[3]
He was elected Reform Party Member of Parliament for Stratford in 1925, but was defeated in 1928.[4] He died aged 66 years on 30 January 1932, after having been ill for half a year,[3] and was buried in Kopuatama Cemetery.[5]
His grandson,
References
- ^ Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Baptism transcription
- ^ New Zealand Birth, Marriage, Death online database
- ^ a b c d "Obituary". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXIX, no. 21095. 1 February 1932. p. 12. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ a b Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 146.
- ^ "Cemetery search". Stratford District Council. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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