Edwin Henry Derrington (1 July 1830 – 14 October 1899) was a journalist and politician in colonial

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. Derrington was born in

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, England, the first son and fourth child of Edwin Derrington, a Dissenting minister, and his wife Susannah, ''née'' Buggins. He was the member for

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in the

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from December 1871 to May 1873, and served as Commissioner of Crown Lands in the

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Ministry from 22 January to 4 March 1872. He was forced to resign his seat after a series of financial problems. He unsuccessfully contested the seat of

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in 1887. For many years, Derrington was connected with journalism in Victoria and South Australia; he owned and edited the ''Mount Gambier Standard'' from around 1869 to 1872. He then moved to Moonta, where he founded and ran the ''Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser and Miners' News'' for eleven years. He acquired the ''Port Adelaide News'' in 1878 and edited it until 1883. He purchased the ''

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'' from

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in 1881, but had no success with the venture; he disposed of it in 1884 and it folded shortly after. He resided at

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