LEE, WALTER (1811-87) arrived in Auckland in 1842 and engaged in sawmilling and other ventures. Elected to the first Parliament for Northern Division (1853), he sat to 1860. When it was proposed to open the proceedings of Parliament with prayers Lee, who was a Roman Catholic, moved a resolution (which, on the suggestion of E. G. Wakefield, he withdrew) disapproving of 'converting the House into a conventicle.' He was chairman of the first Auckland City Council (1855), and was M.P.C. for Northern Division (1857-60). Lee died on 29 Jan 1887.

Parltry Record; Auckland P.C. Proc.; N.Z. Herald, 30 Jan 1887.

Reference: Volume 1, page 263

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