Ebenezer Ward, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ebenezer Ward

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1837

Place of Birth: Westminster, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1917

Profession: politician, civil servant, journalist, newspaper editor, newspaper proprietor

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ebenezer Ward (4 September 1837 – 8 October 1917) was an Australian politician and journalist.
He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1870 to 1880 and from 1881 to 1890, representing Gumeracha (1870–1880), Burra (1881–1884) and Frome (1884–1890).
In 1890 he switched to the South Australian Legislative Council, where he represented Northern District until 1900.
He was Minister for Agriculture and Education under James Boucaut from 1875 to 1876 and under John Colton from 1876 to 1877.As a journalist, Ward variously worked for the Morning Post in England, the Melbourne Herald, Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle, and the Daily Telegraph in Adelaide, where he served a stint as editor.
He subsequently established a series of regional newspapers: Southern Argus in Port Elliot, the City and Country, the Northern Argus in Clare, a newspaper at Gumeracha, and The Farmers' Messenger.