David Chaplin Sterry

David Chaplin Sterry (8 July 1832 – 26 September 1904) was an English-born Australian politician and miner, who served as a member of both the Victorian Legislative Council and the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He was also a Justice of the peace.

Biography Sterry was born on 8 July 1832 in Southwold, England.

He emigrated to Bendigo in 1853. He worked as a miner, investing in multiple companies and pioneering quartz reef mining. He served on Bendigo City Council from 1876 to 1888, including as mayor from 1878 to 1879. He resigned from the council to stand for the Assembly in March 1889, triggering the 1889 Northern Province colonial by-election.

Sterry was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the new seat of Sandhurst South at the 1889 Victorian colonial election. This seat was abolished before 1904 election. He did not contest another seat due to poor health.

Sterry died on 26 September 1904 from a stroke. He had a wife and 3 sons.