Walter Powdrell

Walter Dutton Powdrell (1872 – 9 March 1921) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1919–1921 20th Patea Reform

Powdrell was born in Wairoa in 1872.[1]

He won the Patea electorate in 1919, and held it until he died in 1921.[2] According to the Coroner's Report into the death, Powdrell fell from a building on 9 March 1921. The fall caused injuries to the spine, which led to death later in the day. The coroner decreed that "whether death was accident or design, there was no evidence."[3]

References
  1. "OBITUARY". The Evening Post. Papers Past. 10 March 1921.
  2. Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 133.
  3. "Death from a Fall". The Evening Post. Vol. CI, no. 60. 11 March 1921. p. 7. Retrieved 2 October 2010.


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