Edward Wienholt (1833–1904) was a politician in

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, Australia. He was a

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Politics

Wienholt was elected to the

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in Western Downs at the 1868 colonial election on 14 September. The Western Downs seat was abolished at the 1873 election, and Weinholt contested and won

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on 4 November 1873. Wienhold was an adherent of Sir Arthur Palmer, who served as Premier of Queensland from 1870 to 1874. Wienhold supported free trade and the rights of landholders, and the restriction of free education. He held the seat until he resigned on 1 February 1875 as he intended to travel to Europe.

Personal life

Edward Wienholt was born in

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on 28 March 1833, the son of John Birkett Wienholt (1775–1852), a merchant, and his second wife Sarah, . His brothers Daniel (1822–1865), Arnold (1826-1895) and Arthur (1835–1892), were also prominent pioneers in Queensland. Edward Wienholt arrived in Queensland in 1853. Edward Wienholt married Ellen Williams (1856–1898) in 1874. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters. Their son Arnold who also went into politics.Wienholt, Edward (1833–1904)
– '' Australian Dictionary of Biography'' Retrieved 29 January 2015. With partners he acquired substantial landholdings, which in 1888 amounted to in the Moreton and Darling Downs districts of Queensland. He established the Wienholt Pastoral Estates company in 1889. Wienholt retired in 1880 and settled in Ross on Wye in Herefordshire, England. He travelled to Australia frequently in his retirement and he died in Melbourne on 14 January 1904.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wienholt, Edward Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly People from Laugharne 1904 deaths 1833 births 19th-century Australian politicians Welsh emigrants to Australia

Politics

Personal life

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