Edward Raper (1806 – 29 March 1882) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
He was born in Dublin and migrated to Australia around 1832. In 1834 he married Jane Feeney, with whom he had seven children. He worked as a butcher in Sydney, and in 1860 was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House ...
for
Canterbury
Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour. The city has a mild oceanic climat ...
. He was defeated in 1864. Raper died at
Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst is an inner-city suburb in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the Ci ...
in 1882.
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1806 births
1882 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Colony of New South Wales politicians
British emigrants to the Colony of New South Wales