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James Green (New Zealand Politician)
James Green (1836–1905) was a 19th-century independent Member of Parliament in Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ..., New Zealand. He represented the Port Chalmers electorate from to 1879, when he was defeated. He then represented the Waikouaiti electorate from to 1884, when he was defeated, and from to 1896, when he was again defeated. References 1836 births 1905 deaths Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Independent MPs of New Zealand New Zealand MPs for Dunedin electorates Unsuccessful candidates in the 1879 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1884 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1896 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms Member of Congress, congressman/congresswoman or Deputy (legislator), deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian (other), parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otago
Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government region. Its population was The name "Otago" is the local southern Māori dialect pronunciation of " Ōtākou", the name of the Māori village near the entrance to Otago Harbour. The exact meaning of the term is disputed, with common translations being "isolated village" and "place of red earth", the latter referring to the reddish-ochre clay which is common in the area around Dunedin. "Otago" is also the old name of the European settlement on the harbour, established by the Weller Brothers in 1831, which lies close to Otakou. The upper harbour later became the focus of the Otago Association, an offshoot of the Free Church of Scotland, notable for its adoption of the principle that ordinary people, not the landowner, should choose the min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Chalmers (New Zealand Electorate)
Chalmers, originally Port Chalmers, was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1938 with a break from 1896 to 1902. It was named after the town of Port Chalmers, the main port of Dunedin and Otago. Population centres In the 1865 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives focussed its review of electorates to South Island electorates only, as the Central Otago Gold Rush had caused significant population growth, and a redistribution of the existing population. Fifteen additional South Island electorates were created, including Port Chalmers, and the number of Members of Parliament was increased by 13 to 70. History Port Chalmers was first established in 1866 for the term of the 4th New Zealand Parliament. For the , it was renamed as Chalmers. In 1896, the electorate was abolished, but it was re-created (again as Chalmers) for the . The electorate was abolished again for the last time in 1938. Due to World War II, the 1941 census w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waikouaiti (New Zealand Electorate)
Waikouaiti was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1908. Population centres The electorate is named after the township of Waikouaiti, which is close to the Waikouaiti River. History The Waikouaiti electorate was formed for the . William Murison was elected as the first representative, narrowly beating later Premier Julius Vogel; Vogel stood some weeks later in the Gold Fields electorate and was successful there. Murison resigned in 1868. The resulting was won by Robert Mitchell, who in turn resigned before the end of the term in the following year. He was succeeded by Francis Rich, who won the and served until the end of the term in 1870, when he retired. George McLean won the and resigned again in the following year. McLean was succeeded by David Monro, who won the and resigned one year later. Monro had been a member of all previous Parliaments. Monro was succeeded by John Lillie Gillies, who won the and resigned in 1875. Gillies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Reynolds (New Zealand Politician)
William Hunter Reynolds (1 May 1822 – 1 April 1899) was a 19th-century businessman and Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago region, New Zealand. He was a cabinet minister. He is the only person who held membership on the Otago Provincial Council over the entire course of its existence (1853–1876), was Speaker of the council for three years, and was a member of the council's executive eight times. Early life Reynolds was involved in shipping by trade, initially in partnership with his brother-in-law James Macandrew who had married his sister Elizabeth Hunter Reynolds. Reynolds himself married Rachel Pinkerton in 1856 and they raised nine children together. Political career In the inaugural 1853 provincial council elections, Reynolds was one of six representatives for the Dunedin Country electorate in the Otago Provincial Council (1853–1855). In the 1855 election, he successfully stood for the Town of Dunedin electorate. He represented that electorate, from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalmers (New Zealand Electorate)
Chalmers, originally Port Chalmers, was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1938 with a break from 1896 to 1902. It was named after the town of Port Chalmers, the main port of Dunedin and Otago. Population centres In the 1865 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives focussed its review of electorates to South Island electorates only, as the Central Otago Gold Rush had caused significant population growth, and a redistribution of the existing population. Fifteen additional South Island electorates were created, including Port Chalmers, and the number of Members of Parliament was increased by 13 to 70. History Port Chalmers was first established in 1866 for the term of the 4th New Zealand Parliament. For the , it was renamed as Chalmers. In 1896, the electorate was abolished, but it was re-created (again as Chalmers) for the . The electorate was abolished again for the last time in 1938. Due to World War II, the 1941 census w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Macandrew
James Macandrew (1819(?) – 25 February 1887) was a New Zealand ship-owner and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1853 to 1887 and as the last Superintendent of Otago Province. Early life Macandrew was born in Scotland, probably in Aberdeen, where he was baptised on 18 May 1819. He became active in the Free Church of Scotland, and from there, in the proposed colonisation of Otago (which was being advocated by the Lay Association of the Free Church of Scotland, later the Otago Association). In partnership with his brother-in-law William Reynolds, Macandrew bought a schooner, loaded it with cargo, and set sail for Otago with his family. He arrived in January 1851. Still working in partnership with his brother-in-law, Macandrew immediately became a major figure in the business community of Dunedin. Reynolds, his brother-in-law, began to build up a shipping business, while Macandrew himself established a trading firm in the city. The partners later established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1836 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. * January 5 – Davy Crockett arrives in Texas. * January 12 ** , with Charles Darwin on board, reaches Sydney. ** Will County, Illinois, is formed. * February 8 – London and Greenwich Railway opens its first section, the first railway in London, England. * February 16 – A fire at the Lahaman Theatre in Saint Petersburg kills 126 people."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p76 * February 23 – Texas Revolution: The Battle of the Alamo begins, with an American settler army surrounded by the Mexican Army, under Santa Anna. * February 25 – Samuel Colt receives a United States patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1905 Deaths
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Members Of The New Zealand House Of Representatives
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Independent MPs Of New Zealand
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New Zealand MPs For Dunedin Electorates
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