Edward Masters

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Edward Masters (1838 – 27 November 1881) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Westland, New Zealand.

Masters was born in Melbourne in 1838. He was Mayor of Greymouth for several terms.{{cite news |title=The Late Mr Masters |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NEM18811230.2.14 |accessdate=31 March 2014 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |date=30 December 1881 |volume=XVI |issue=310 |page=4}}

He represented the Grey Valley electorate from {{NZ election link year|1879}} to 1881, when he resigned.{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 |page=219}} He sent his resignation from Melbourne in May 1881, stating that his medical advisers feared for his life if he travelled to New Zealand in his poor state of health.{{cite news |title=Resignation of Mr Masters, M.H.R. |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18810509.2.19 |accessdate=31 March 2014 |work=The Evening Post |date=9 May 1881 |volume=XXI |issue=107 |page=2}} Masters died later in the year in Richmond, Melbourne, on 27 November.{{cite news |title=Death |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=GRA18811129.2.4 |accessdate=31 March 2014 |work=Grey River Argus |date=9 May 1881 |volume=XXIV |issue=4134 |page=2}} He was 43 years old and is buried at Kew Cemetery.{{cite news |title=Deaths |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11525199 |accessdate=31 March 2014 |work=The Argus |date=29 November 1881 |issue=11,060 |page=1}}{{cite news |title=Funeral Notices |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11525241 |accessdate=31 March 2014 |work=The Argus |date=29 November 1881 |issue=11,060 |page=8}}