EAST, ALFRED WILLIAM, an early Taranaki settler, was farming at Barrett Road. He was M.H.R. for Omata 1855-60 and member of the Provincial Council for the same constituency 1855-56. He resigned from Parliament on accepting a government appointment in 1860, and for many years was a mail agent between New Zealand, Australia and San Francisco.

Reference: Volume 1, page 130

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