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Francis Woodward (Australian politician)

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Francis Woodward (22 June 1846 – 14 September 1905) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Goulburn to storekeeper James Woodward and his wife Christina. A solicitor who practised in Wollongong, he married Emily Mary Ann Allen on 9 March 1871; they had eight children. In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Illawarra. He was re-elected in 1889 but did not contest the 1891 election. Woodward died at Newtown in 1905.[1]

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  1. ^ "Mr Francis Woodward (1846-1905)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Illawarra
1887–1891
Served alongside: none/Joseph Mitchell
Succeeded by