Edmund Webb

Edmund Webb (4 September 1830 – 24 June 1899) was an Cornish-born Australian politician.

For the American politician from Maine, see Edmund F. Webb.

He was born at Liskeard in Cornwall to farmer Thomas Webb and Catherine Geake. He arrived in Sydney with his family on 13 September 1847 and worked as a draper at Bathurst, opening his own business in 1851. On 18 January 1854 he married Selina Jane Jones; they had five children. His drapery was successful and he soon supplied much of western New South Wales. In 1863 he was elected to Bathurst Council; he served as mayor in 1866 and 1868, and from 1875–77.

In 1869 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for West Macquarie, serving until his defeat in 1874. He was returned for East Macquarie in 1878, serving until his resignation in 1881.[1]

In 1882 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death at Parkes in 1899. Webb was a generous benefactor, founder and councillor, from 1879–97, of Newington College and its senior boarding facility, Edmund Webb House,[2] is named in his Honour.[3]

References
  1. Rutherford, J E L. "Webb, Edmund (1830–1899)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Edmund Webb House Newington College; retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. "Mr Edmund Webb (1830-1899)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Richard Driver		 Member for West Macquarie
1869–1874		 Succeeded by
Charles Pilcher
Preceded by
John Robertson		 Member for East Macquarie
1878–1881
Served alongside: William Suttor, Jr./Edward Combes		 Succeeded by
Alfred Pechey
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