Arnold Wienholt, senior, (22 January 1826 – 16 January 1895) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the

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, representing

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from 10 June 1863 to 25 June 1867. Wienholt was born in

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and arrived in Australia . His brother

Edward Wienholt Edward Wienholt (1833–1904) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Politics Wienholt was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Western Downs at the 1868 colonial elect ...

was also a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a landowner.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wienholt, Arnold Sr. Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1826 births 1895 deaths People from Laugharne 19th-century Australian politicians Welsh emigrants to Australia