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Mr Winter David WARDEN (1860 - 1936)

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Date of Birth: 26/11/1860
Place of Birth: Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 03/06/1936
Place of Death: Milton, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 17 Jul 1917 22 Apr 1934 16 years 9 months 6 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 6 May 1917
Political Party Activity
Nationalist Party.
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1889
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Dairy farmer. Educated at Newington College; became a farmer at Milton. Chairman of Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society Limited in 1924, Producers' Distributing Society Limited; director of Co-operative Insurance Company of Australia Limited; committee member of Royal Agricultural Society in 1917; member of Milton Agricultural and Horticultural Association in 1917; Shorthorn judge; keen cricketer in youth representing the South Coast.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Milton in 1917
Personal
Son of David Warden, land and ship building yard owner, and Grace Buchan. Married Margaret Wallace Kendall on 18 August 1885 and had issue, 3 daughters and 3 sons. Funeral at Croobyar private cemetery with Church of England rites. His uncle, James Warden, was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.