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Edward David Williams (24 September 1842 – 17 October 1909) was a former Australian politician. He was the
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member for Castlemaine in the
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from 1894 to 1904.


Career

Williams was born in
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and worked in the woollen industry until, aged 17, he went to Shrewsbury where he learned English, before moving to London in 1860. After four years in an uncle's grocery store, he moved to Victoria, arriving in 1864. A borough councillor for twenty-three years from 1886, Williams was three times mayor of Castlemaine (1892, 1898 and 1907). In 1894, Williams was elected as a member for the
Electoral district of Castlemaine Castlemaine was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1904. It included the towns of Castlemaine, Muckleford and Harcourt. It was preceded by the Electoral district of Castle ...
, outpolling premier
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in the seat, as the protectionists led by George Turner won the Victorian colonial election in a landslide. Williams was re-elected in three further elections before retiring in June 1904.


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  1842 births 1909 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Victoria People from Victoria (state) Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians People from the Colony of Victoria {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub