Edward Shaw (politician) explained

Birth Name:Edward Shaw
Parliament2:New Zealand
Term Start2:14 May 1883
Term End2:24 June 1884
Predecessor2:Thomas S. Weston
Successor2:Andrew Menteath
Birth Date:1847 or 1848
Death Date:February 1889 (age 41)
Death Place:Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Restingplace:Boroondara General Cemetery
Occupation:solicitor, judge

Edward Shaw (– February 1889) was a 19th-century member of the New Zealand Parliament.

Shaw was originally an English barrister. He worked at Bishop's school in Nelson.[1] From there, he went to the Inangahua area of the Buller District on the West Coast as a resident warden and magistrate in Inangahua Junction, Reefton and Westport.[2] [3]

He represented the Inangahua electorate from to 1884, following the resignation of Thomas S. Weston.[4] After retiring in 1884, he later became a district judge. He later worked as a solicitor in Hawthorn near Melbourne. He died in Hawthorn and was buried at Boroondara General Cemetery on 23 February 1889 aged 41 years.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 294 . Scholefield . Guy . Guy Scholefield . A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda . II . 1940 . . Wellington . 24 September 2015.
  2. Book: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts . 1906 . . Cyclopedia Company Limited . 13 April 2012 . Christchurch . Westport.
  3. News: Page 3: Advertisements Column 2 . Inangahua Times . 22 November 1878 .
  4. Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . First ed. published 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103 . 234.
  5. News: Funeral notices . 29 April 2024 . . 23 February 1889 . 12.
  6. Web site: Grave Locator . . 29 April 2024.