Edward Walter (15 January 1866 – 30 January 1932) was a New Zealand politician from

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Life

Walter was born on 14 January 1866 in Stratton, Cornwall, England, and baptised on 8 February 1866, in Stratton Parish Church. He was the son of John Walter and Nancy Player Smith, who married on 4 April 1865, in Bude Haven Parish, Cornwall. His father was a yeoman, of Kilkhampton. At the time of his son's baptism he was recorded as an Inn Keeper, the same occupation as his father-in-law. Edward Walter married Louise King Jones in 1901 in New Zealand, and they had five children. She died at 36 years of age in 1910. He later married Bella Reid Young in 1917, and they had five children. in 1866. He came to New Zealand in 1886 and lived for one year in the

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and in the

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. He then moved to

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in Taranaki where he stayed for the rest of his life. He was Chairman of the Stratford County Council from 1917 to 1925. He was elected Reform Party Member of Parliament for Stratford in

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, but was defeated in

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. He died aged 66 years on 30 January 1932, after having been ill for half a year, and was buried in Kopuatama Cemetery. His grandson, David Walter, was also Chairman of the Stratford County Council, and then Mayor of Stratford and Chairman of the

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1866 births 1932 deaths Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs People from Stratford, New Zealand Unsuccessful candidates in the 1928 New Zealand general election People from Stratton, Cornwall Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates British emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand people of Cornish descent Burials at Kopuatama Cemetery Local politicians in New Zealand {{NewZealand-politician-stub