William Herbert Wood was an Australian politician.

Born at Wallhollow, Victoria, to storekeeper Henry Gibson Wood, he attended schools in Victoria and Sydney

Sydney

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 before completing his secondary education at Sydney Grammar School

Sydney Grammar School

Sydney Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, selective, day school for boys, located in Darlinghurst, Edgecliff and St Ives, all suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 and studying law at the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

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. He entered his father's business and became an accountant. In 1894 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 as the member for Eden-Bombala

Electoral district of Eden-Bombala

Eden-Bombala was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859 to 1894, including the town of Eden. In 1894, single-member electorates were introduced state-wide and the seat of Eden was split into Eden-Bombala and Bega...

; he was a Protectionist

Protectionist Party

The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in...

 from 1895 to 1901, an Independent

Independent (politician)

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 from 1901 to 1904 and a Liberal

Liberal Reform Party (Australia)

The Liberal Reform Party was an Australian political party, active in New South Wales state politics between 1901 and 1916. The question of tariff policy which, had created and divided the Free Trade Party and Protectionist Party in New South Wales in the 1890s, became a federal issue at the time...

 thereafter. He was a captain

Captain (OF-2)

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 in the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment in 1900. In 1904 he changed seats to Bega, which he represented until 1913. Wall served as Minister for Justice from 1907 to 1908, Minister for Labour and Industry from 1907 to 1908, and Secretary for Mines from 1908 to 1910. Wall died at Rydalmere

Rydalmere, New South Wales

Rydalmere is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rydalmere is approximately 21 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta.-History:...

in 1953.