Winter Warden

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable

|name = Winter Warden

|honorific-suffix = MLC

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| office2 = Member of New South Wales Legislative Council

| term_start2 = 17 July 1917

| term_end2 = 22 April 1934{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45382101 |title=N.S.W. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. |newspaper=Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954) |location=Broken Hill, NSW |date=7 May 1917 |accessdate=12 September 2012 |page=2 |via=Trove}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1860|11|26}}

| birth_place = Ulladulla, New South Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1936|6|3|1860|11|26}}

| death_place = Milton, New South Wales

| party = Nationalist

| relations = Uncle
James Warden MLA
Brother
Colonel Alfred Warden VD

| spouse = Margaret Wallace (née Kendall){{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13598313 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) |location=NSW |date=16 September 1885 |accessdate=12 September 2012 |page=1 |via=Trove}}

| children = 3 daughters and 3 sons

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| occupation = Dairy Farmer

| education = Newington College

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Winter David Warden (26 November 1860 – 3 June 1936) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Nationalist Party of Australia for 17 years.{{cite NSW Parliament |title =Mr Winter David Warden (1860-1936) |id=1069 |former=Yes |accessdate=16 June 2019}}

Early life

Warden was born in Ulladulla, New South Wales, the son of David Warden, land and ship building yard owner, and Grace Buchan. His uncle, James Warden, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was one of seven brothers and attended Newington College commencing in 1875 whilst the school was situated at Newington House on the Parramatta River.{{cite book |publisher=Newington College |title=Register of Past Students 1863–1998 |year=1999 |pages=208}} His younger brother, Colonel Alfred Warden VD (1868 – 1955), was a soldier, military engineer and architect.

Career

After school he became a dairy farmer at Milton, New South Wales. He was chairman of Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society Limited, a member of the Producers' Distributing Society Limited, a director of Co-operative Insurance Company of Australia Limited, a committee member of Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales and a member of the Milton Agricultural and Horticultural Association.

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