Edward Wittenoom

Edward Wittenoom
President of the Legislative Council
of Western Australia
In office
27 July 1922 – 10 August 1926
Preceded byWalter Kingsmill
Succeeded byJohn Kirwan
Member of the Legislative Council
of Western Australia
In office
30 May 1883 – 23 January 1884
Preceded byMaitland Brown
Succeeded byJohn Davis
ConstituencyGeraldton
In office
25 June 1885 – 6 November 1886
Preceded bySamuel Mitchell
Succeeded byEdward Keane
ConstituencyGeraldton
In office
16 July 1894 – 28 April 1898
Preceded byNone (new creation)
Succeeded byWilliam Loton
ConstituencyCentral Province
In office
12 May 1902 – 6 November 1906
Preceded byDonald McDonald MacKay
Succeeded byRichard Pennefather
ConstituencyNorth Province
In office
13 May 1910 – 12 May 1934
Preceded byRobert Frederick Sholl
Succeeded byEdward Angelo
ConstituencyNorth Province
Personal details
Born(1854-12-12)12 December 1854
Fremantle, Western Australia
Died5 March 1936(1936-03-05) (aged 81)
West Perth, Western Australia
Political partyLiberal (to 1917)
Nationalist (after 1917)

Sir Edward Horne Wittenoom KCMG (12 February 1854 – 5 March 1936) was an Australian politician who served intermittently in the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1883 and 1934, including as President of the Legislative Council from 1922 to 1926. He sat in the Legislative Council from 1883 to 1884, 1885 to 1886, 1894 to 1898, 1902 to 1906, and finally from 1910 to 1934. Wittenoom was a minister in the government of Sir John Forrest, and was also Agent-General for Western Australia between 1898 and 1901.


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