Walter Lee (New Zealand politician)

Dr Walter Lee (1811 – 29 January 1887) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician.

[1] He represented the Northern Division (a territory north of Auckland but south of Whangārei) in the 1st Parliament and the 2nd Parliament; serving from 1853 to 1860, when he retired.

Lee also served on the Auckland Provincial Council, representing the Northern Division electorate in 1857 and 1858.

[3] He was chairman of the initial Auckland City Council.

He fell ill with a chronic liver disease and a week later, on 29 January 1887, he died from peritonitis.