The Honourable Walter Alan Ashe Woods

Name originally Walter William Head; assumed name of Walter Alan Ashe Woods by 1895; nom de plume John Drayman
Speaker of the House of Assembly
Born
28 December 1861, Mulgrave, Victoria
Died
28 February 1939, Hobart, Tasmania
Sex
Male
Father
William Head (storekeeper)
Mother
Ann Margaret Priest
Married (1) Caroline Riley; (2) Jemima Gourlay Watkins

Parliamentary service

Member of the House of Assembly of Tasmania

Career

  • ALP.
  • Shearer.
  • Journalist.
  • Union official.
  • Newspaper proprietor and editor.
  • Speaker of the House of Assembly of Tas 1926-28.
  • Member of Council, UTas 1931-39.

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