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William Channing A'Beckett (1846 – 16 June 1929) was an Australian politician. He was born in
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to Arthur Martin A'Beckett, a doctor who served in the
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, and Emma Louise Elwin. He was sent to England to be educated, returning to Australia to farm in New South Wales in 1865. On 23 February 1884 he married Jessie Gertrude Smith, with whom he had five children. He owned property in the
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area, and in 1889 was elected to the
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as the
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member for
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. Defeated in 1891, he was re-elected in a by-election in 1892 but did not contest the 1894 election. A'Beckett died at Wellington in 1929.


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  {{DEFAULTSORT:A'beckett, William Channing 1846 births 1929 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Free Trade Party politicians Colony of New South Wales people