Edward William Hawker

Edward William Hawker (14 January 1850 – 20 September 1940) was a politician in colonial South Australia.

Edward Hawker was the eldest son of George Charles Hawker (1818–1895), MHA for Victoria 1858–1865, 1875–1883, and was born at Bungaree, near Clare, in the hut built by the three Hawker brothers, George, Charles and James, who founded the station.

[2] In 1884 he was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly, representing the electorate of Stanley from April 1884 to May 1889.

[3] This was the first time father and son had sat in the House concurrently.

He was for some time lecturer at the School of Mines, then retired to East Bungaree.