Edward Lake (1835 – 25 February 1908) was a 19th-century independent conservative

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in the

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region of New Zealand. Lake was born in

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, England. He came to New Zealand in 1875. He represented the electorate from to 1887, when he retired. He then represented the

electorate from an to 1893, when he retired. Lake died on 25 February 1908 at

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