William Tunks (8 April 1816 – 12 April 1883) was an Australian politician. He was born in the Nepean district to timber merchant John Tunks and Esther Arndell. He was an apprentice carpenter at

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and later the licensee of an inn and a metal contractor. He was the first mayor of

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and was re-elected fifteen times. On 11 December 1838 he married Margaret McCone Bisseck, with whom he had eleven children. In 1864 he was elected to the

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for

, serving until his retirement in 1874. Tunks died at St Leonards in 1883. He was also a

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er. He played one first-class match for

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in 1855/56.

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1816 births 1883 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Mayors of St Leonards Burials at Gore Hill Cemetery {{Australia-cricket-bio-1810s-stub

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