Walter Paget

Walter Trueman Paget (7 February 1854 – 23 December 1930) was a farmer and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography Paget was born in Hagley, Worcestershire, the son of Arthur Paget and his wife Esther (née Gray). and he then married Alice Elizabeth Ruth Haden on 11 April 1889 in Adelaide and together had two sons and two daughters. On 23 December 1930 Paget died at his home in Mooloolah, apparently after taking a stroke and falling on a knife. His daughter, Miss M. Paget, visiting from Townsville discovered him and a doctor was summoned but he was beyond help.

Public career Paget was a Councilor on the Pioneer Divisional Board from 1883 until 1890 and its Chairman from 1890 until 1895 and in 1901. He went on to represent the electorate until the 1915 Queensland state election when he retired from politics.