Editing Dudley Ward (judge) (section)

==A career in New Zealand==
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|electorate=[[Wellington Country]]
|party=Independent politician
|start=[[1855 New Zealand general election|1855]]
|end=1858
|term=2nd}}
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Ward was married on 26 January 1850, at [[Rotherhithe]], to [[Anne Ward (suffragist)|Anne Titboald]], who was born in [[Exeter]]. After his admission to the bar, the Wards set out for New Zealand, arriving on 29 September 1854 in [[Wellington]] on the ''Cordelia''. The following year, he successfully stood for election to the [[New Zealand House of Representatives|lower house]] of the [[2nd New Zealand Parliament]] representing the [[Wellington Country]] electorate from 15 November 1855.<ref name="DNZB Anne Ward">{{DNZB|Hutching |Megan |2W8|Ward, Anne|24 January 2015}}</ref> Ward resigned on 22 March 1858 before the end of the term. He did not serve in any subsequent Parliaments.<ref name="Wilson">{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 }}</ref>