Joseph Eckford (8 November 1814 – 22 November 1884) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to mariner William Eckford and Mary Orrell. He was a publican before entering politics, and on 19 June 1848 he married Harriet Kerwin, with whom he had ten children. In 1860 he was elected to the

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for

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. He served until his defeat in 1872. He returned to the Assembly in 1877, serving until he was defeated again in 1882. Eckford died in Sydney in 1884.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eckford, Joseph 1814 births 1884 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians