John Edwards | |
Constituency Am1: | Burnett |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 24 June 1863 |
Term End1: | 15 April 1865 |
Predecessor1: | Robert Mackenzie |
Successor1: | Charles Haly |
Birth Date: | 1820 |
Birth Place: | England |
Death Date: | 25 November 1872 (aged 51–52) |
Death Place: | Passage Bridge, Portland, England |
Birthname: | John Edwards |
Nationality: | English Australian |
Occupation: | Sheer farmer |
John Edwards (1820 – 25 November 1872) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
He arrived in Australia around 1844 and became the lessee of Ban Ban Station in the Burnett region with his brother. He drowned aboard the Royal Adelaide when it sank at Portland in England.[1]
Edwards won the seat of Burnett in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1863 Queensland colonial election. He held Burnett for two years before resigning in April 1865.[1]