Walter Thomas Coonan (1853 – 4 October 1926) was an Australian actor. He was born in

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to gaol warder Thomas Coonan and Ann Birmingham. A solicitor before entering politics, he practised at

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and

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. He was married three times: firstly on 7 May 1879 to Harriett Elizabeth Hollingdale; secondly on 15 December 1901 to Rebecca Agnes Wales, whom he later divorced; and thirdly to Isabella Jane Peterson. None of these marriages produced children. In 1877 he was elected to the

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for

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, but he was defeated in 1880. He returned as the member for

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in 1882 and was re-elected in 1885, but did not contest the 1887 election. Coonan died in 1926.

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1853 births 1926 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly {{Australia-actor-stub