James Temple Fisher (1828 – 3 January 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from

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, New Zealand. Fisher arrived in New Zealand on the ''

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'', one of the

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. He represented the Heathcote electorate from

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to 1881, when he was defeated. He was

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and Commissioner of Telegraphs in the Grey Ministry, from 15 October 1877 to 8 October 1879. He died on 3 January 1905 at his home in south

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in the Heathcote district. He is buried at

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