Samuel Whiddon

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Samuel Thomas Whiddon (26 June 1848 – 20 September 1905) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in London to plasterer Samuel Whiddon and Sarah Fossey. The family migrated to Sydney in 1853 and Whiddon worked as a messenger boy for T. Williams & Co., a boot manufacturing business that he eventually owned. In 1894 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Sydney-Cook. He held the seat until his retirement in 1904. Whiddon died at Glebe in 1905.{{cite NSW Parliament |title = Mr Samuel Thomas Whiddon (1848-1905) |id=905 |former=Yes |accessdate=23 June 2019}}

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Category:1848 births

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Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Category:Free Trade Party politicians

Category:19th-century Australian politicians

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