# Edward Combes

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{{Short description|Australian politician (1830 - 1895)}}
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thumb|Mr Edward Combes, {{circa|1880}}
'''Edward Combes''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CMG}} (6 September 1830 – 18 October 1895) was an engineer, pastoralist, politician and painter. He was a member of the [New South Wales Legislative Assembly](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly), and later the [New South Wales Legislative Council](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Council).<ref name=Mennell>{{cite Australasia|Combes, Hon. Edward}}</ref><ref name="Combes ADB">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=combes-edward-3248 |title=Combes, Edward (1830-1895) |last=Nairn |first=Bede |access-date=3 December 2013
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Combes entered the Government service of New South Wales in 1858. Four years later he was appointed Government Mining Engineer, and was returned to the Assembly as the member for [Bathurst](/source/Electoral_district_of_Bathurst) in 1872 and for [Orange](/source/Electoral_district_of_Orange) in 1875.<ref name="Edward Combes NSW parl"/> Combes was [Secretary for Public Works](/source/Secretary_for_Public_Works_(New_South_Wales)) in the [fourth Robertson ministry](/source/Robertson_ministry_(1877)) from August to December 1877, and in the following year was appointed Executive Commissioner for New South Wales at the [Paris International Exhibition](/source/Paris_International_Exhibition_of_1878), his seat in Parliament being declared vacant because that was held to be an office of profit under the Crown.<ref name=Mennell/><ref name="Combes ADB"/> He was re-elected to parliament as the [member for East Macquarie](/source/Electoral_district_of_East_Macquarie) in August 1879, holding the seat until 1885.  In 1891 he was appointed to the Legislative Council, which he held until his death in 1895.<ref name="Edward Combes NSW parl">{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Edward Combes CMG (1830-1895) |id=625 |former=Yes |access-date=14 November 2019}}</ref>

He was made a [Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) (CMG) for his services at Paris,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=24637 |pages=5774 |date=29 October 1878}}</ref> and an [officer of the Legion of Honour](/source/officer_of_the_Legion_of_Honour).<ref name=Mennell/> Combes, who married a daughter of the late William C. Hare, was a member of the Institution of French Civil Engineers, and an associate of the [Institution of Civil Engineers](/source/Institution_of_Civil_Engineers) of London. He was also an artist of considerable merit, and had exhibited with success at some of the leading London galleries.<ref name=Mennell/>

Combes died in Bathurst on {{death date and age|1895|10|18|1830|9|6|df=y}}.<ref name="Edward Combes NSW parl"/>

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{{s-ttl|title=[Secretary for Public Works](/source/Secretary_for_Public_Works_(New_South_Wales)) | years=August{{spaced ndash}}December 1877}}
{{s-aft|after=[John Sutherland](/source/John_Sutherland_(New_South_Wales_politician))}}
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{{s-bef|before=[William Suttor, Sr.](/source/William_Suttor%2C_Sr.)}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member for [Bathurst](/source/Electoral_district_of_Bathurst) | years=1872{{spaced ndash}}1874 }}
{{s-aft|after=[Francis Suttor](/source/Francis_Bathurst_Suttor)}}
{{s-bef|before=[Harris Nelson](/source/Harris_Nelson)}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member for [Orange](/source/Electoral_district_of_Orange) | years=1877{{spaced ndash}}1879 }}
{{s-aft|after=[Andrew Kerr](/source/Andrew_Kerr_(Australian_politician))}}
{{s-bef|before=[William Suttor, Jr.](/source/William_Suttor%2C_Jr.)}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member for [East Macquarie](/source/Electoral_district_of_East_Macquarie) | years=1879{{spaced ndash}}1885 |alongside=[Pechey](/source/Alfred_John_Pechey)/[Smith](/source/Sydney_Smith_(Australian_politician))}}
{{s-aft|after=[John Shepherd](/source/John_Shepherd_(Australian_politician))}}
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Category:19th-century Australian politicians
Category:Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George

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