William Tunks

William Tunks was an Australian politician.
He was born in the Nepean district to timber merchant John Tunks and Esther Arndell. He was an apprentice carpenter at Parramatta, [New South Wales|Parramatta] and later the licensee of an inn and a metal contractor. He was the first mayor of St Leonards, New [South Wales|St Leonards] and was re-elected fifteen times. On 11 December 1838 he married Margaret McCone Bisseck, with whom he had eleven children. In 1864 he was elected to the New [South Wales Legislative Assembly] for Electoral [district of St Leonards|St Leonards], serving until his retirement in 1874. Tunks died at St Leonards in 1883.
He was also a cricketer. He played one first-class match for New South Wales [cricket team|New South Wales] in 1855/56.