William Handcock | |
Constituency Am1: | Darling Downs |
Assembly1: | New South Wales Legislative |
Term Start1: | 5 July 1859 |
Term End1: | 10 December 1859 |
Predecessor1: | New seat |
Successor1: | Seat abolished |
Birth Date: | 1808 |
Death Date: | 26 November 1890 (aged 81 or 82) |
Death Place: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia |
Birthname: | William Handcock |
Occupation: | Shopkeeper |
William Handcock (1808 - 26 November 1890) was an Australian politician.
He was a storekeeper at Drayton before entering politics. In 1859 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Darling Downs, but with the establishment of the separate colony of Queensland the seat was discontinued later that year. Handcock died at Waverley in 1890.[1]