Walter Cooper (New South Wales politician)

Walter Hampson Cooper (6 July 1842 – 26 July 1880) was an Australian politician and writer.[1]

He was born at Liverpool to Joshua Cooper and Anne Jane Thompson. He worked as a journalist, first for the Queensland Guardian and then for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Argus. In 1867 he married Ellen Elizabeth Kelly, with whom he had six children. In 1873 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Macquarie, but he was defeated in 1874. He was called to the bar in 1875 and continued to work as an electoral organiser for Henry Parkes. Cooper died in 1880.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Bede Nairn, 'Cooper, Walter Hampson (1842–1880)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cooper-walter-hampson-3255/text4927, published first in hardcopy 1969, accessed online 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Mr Walter Hampson Cooper (1842-1880)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Trove".
  4. ^ "Death of Mr. Walter H. Cooper". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954). 27 July 1880. p. 2.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for East Macquarie
1873–1874
Served alongside: William Cummings 		Succeeded by