Jonas Woodward

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Jonas Woodward (1810? – 13 June 1881) was a New Zealand businessman, educationalist, politician, congregational leader and public trustee. He was born in London, England and baptised on 29 April 1810.{{DNZB|last=Patrick|first=Margaret G.|id=1w39|title=Jonas Woodward|accessdate=23 April 2017}} He represented the City of Wellington electorate on the Wellington Provincial Council from October 1855 to August 1857, and the Wellington Country electorate from August 1859 to February 1865. At various times between 1857 and 1861, he was a member of the Wellington Executive Council.{{cite book |authorlink = Guy Scholefield | last = Scholefield | first= Guy | title = New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 | edition = 3rd | orig-year=First published in 1913 | year = 1950 |publisher = Govt. Printer |location = Wellington | pages = 236, 240}} He is buried at Bolton Street Memorial Park, and his grave is part of the memorial trail.{{cite web |title=Details |url=http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/search/details.php?id=102287&Service=Burial |publisher=Wellington City Council |access-date=16 November 2012}}{{cite web |title=Memorial Trail |url=http://www.boltoncemetery.org.nz/downloads/Memorial_Trail.pdf |publisher=Bolton Street Memorial Park |access-date=17 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208003322/http://boltoncemetery.org.nz/downloads/Memorial_Trail.pdf |archive-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Woodward Street in central Wellington is named in his honour.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcl.govt.nz/wellington/streetspart2chap3.html |title=The streets of my city, Wellington, New Zealand |year=1948 |publisher=Wellington City Libraries |access-date=19 December 2015 | first=F.L. | last=Irvine-Smith | authorlink=Fanny Louise Irvine-Smith}}