Edward Masters (1838 – 27 November 1881) was a 19th-century

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from

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, New Zealand. Masters was born in Melbourne in 1838. He was Mayor of

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for several terms. He represented the Grey Valley electorate from to 1881, when he resigned. He sent his resignation from

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in May 1881, stating that his medical advisers feared for his life if he travelled to New Zealand in his poor state of health. Masters died later in the year in

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, Melbourne, on 27 November. He was 43 years old and is buried at Kew Cemetery.

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