William Vandermuelen Wild (4 October 1834 – 25 May 1861) was an Australian politician.
He was born in
Camden to Emmeline Gaudry (Godfrey) and
John Benton Wild
John Benton Wild (10 November 1806 – 26 June 1857) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
He was born in County Offaly to Lieutenant John Wild and Mary Lynch. He was a pastoralist, and on 12 February 1832 married Emmeline Gaudry at Cob ...
then pastoralist, later elected a member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
from 1845 until 1848.
On 26 January 1855 he married Eliza Jane Green, with whom he had three sons. A barrister from 1858, he was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
for
West Camden in 1858. Re-elected for
Camden in 1859, he did not run in 1860. Wild died in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
in 1861.
References
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1834 births
1861 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
19th-century Australian politicians