Walter Church (Australian politician)
Walter Church (1829 – 28 February 1901) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born in London to mariner John Foster Church and Barbara Ann George. He migrated to New South Wales around 1839 and became a custom house agent. On 1 September 1849 he married Annie Esther Stubbs, with whom he had eleven children. A second marriage on 22 April 1899 to Miriam Kate Cohen produced no children. From 1868 he worked as a grocer. In 1869 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Goldfields West, serving until his defeat in 1872. Church died in Sydney in 1901.[1]
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- ^ "Mr Walter Church (1829-1901)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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