Dr Walter Lee (1811 – 29 January 1887) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician.

Biography

Lee arrived in New Zealand in 1842. He represented the Northern Division (a territory north of

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but south of Whangarei) in the 1st Parliament and the 2nd Parliament; serving from 1853 to 1860, when he retired. A

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, Lee opposed the reading of prayers at the start of Parliament, saying that any prayer would have an inevitable bias towards one faith or another. Lee also served on the

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, representing the Northern Division electorate in 1857 and 1858. He was chairman of the initial

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. He fell ill with a chronic liver disease and a week later, on 29 January 1887, he died from

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. He was survived by his wife.

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* 1811 births 1887 deaths 19th-century New Zealand politicians Auckland City Councillors Deaths from peritonitis Members of the Auckland Provincial Council Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates New Zealand Roman Catholics People from the Northland Region {{NewZealand-politician-stub