title: Edward Shaw (politician)
text: # Edward Shaw (politician)
  
  Edward Shaw was a 19th-century member of the New Zealand Parliament.
  
  Shaw was originally an English barrister. He worked at Bishop's school in Nelson. From there, he went to the Inangahua area of the Buller District on the West Coast as a resident warden and magistrate in Inangahua Junction, Reefton and Westport.
  
  He represented the Inangahua electorate from 1883 to 1884, following the resignation of Thomas S. Weston. After retiring in 1884, he later became a district judge.
  
  