SHAW, EDWARD, an English barrister, was teaching at Bishop's school in Nelson before being appointed warden and magistrate at Inangahua, Reefton and Westport. In 1879 he was appointed a district judge, and was stationed at New Plymouth. On the resignation of T. S. Weston in 1883, he was elected to Parliament for the Inangahua seat, defeating E. Wakefield (q.v.). He retired at the dissolution in 1884.

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Reference: Volume 2, page 150

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