Emil August Edward Wentzel (c. 1817 – 23 February 1892) was a timber merchant and politician in the colony of South Australia.
Emil emigrated to South Australia on the Hermann von Beckerath from Bremen, Germany, arriving in December 1847.
He worked for a time as surveyor and engineer with the Central Road Board, but in 1852, after numerous complaints and several jobs which cost significantly more than budgeted for,[1] he was dismissed from the service.
[2] He thereupon set himself up as a timber merchant on East Terrace, Adelaide, and grew quite wealthy.
Emil Wentzel was MHA for Encounter Bay from April 1870 – December 1871.