Edward George Wright (14 June 1831 – 12 August 1902) was an independent conservative

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in New Zealand.

Biography

Wright was born in

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, England, in 1831. After an education in private schools, he worked for

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. He was the engineer for the gasworks in Rome and then worked on the naval dockyards at Royal Arsenal in

and then

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. He married in September 1854 at London and went to New Zealand with his wife and their first two sons in 1857, with another one born in their chosen country. In Canterbury, he was responsible for many of the engineering works, especially bridges. He represented the

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electorate from 1879 to 1881, then the Ashburton electorate from

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to 16 May 1884, when he resigned. He unsuccessfully contested the for . In the , he contested the electorate, but was defeated by

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. He was successful again in the in the Ashburton electorate. In the , he was defeated in the electorate. He was once again successful in the in the Ashburton electorate. He retired at the end of the parliamentary term in 1899. Wright was chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board for four periods. Wright died at his homestead Windermere, after which a

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between

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and

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is named, on 12 August 1902. He was survived by his wife and five children. He was buried at Windermere Church.

References

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