Alfred John Pechey (1840 – 5 June 1882) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at Soham in

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to the Reverend William Pechey, a Baptist minister, and Sarah Rotton. He migrated to Australia around 1865 and worked as a surveyor near Bathurst. On 12 April 1865 he married Anthonina Jane Rotton, the daughter of Henry Rotton. In 1882 he was elected to the

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for East Macquarie at the January by-election, but he died at Bathurst four months later, without taking his seat.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pechey, Alfred 1840 births 1882 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians British emigrants to Australia