Edwin Woodward Turner (3 July 1849 – 4 September 1913) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to farmer Thomas Turner and Elizabeth Heppingstone. He and his father moved to

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in 1852, and he worked as a surveyor for the Lands Department. On 30 August 1873 he married Josephine Leahy, with whom he had ten children. Around 1877 he moved to

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, working once again as a public surveyor. In 1888 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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. He was re-elected in 1889 but did not contest the 1891 election. Turner died at

in 1913.

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1849 births 1913 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Free Trade Party politicians Colony of Western Australia people {{Australia-FreeTrade-politician-stub