James Bennet (1830 – 3 May 1908) was a
Liberal Party
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Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Bennet was born in
Forfarshire
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, Scotland.
Bennet stood in the
Tuapeka electorate in the and was beaten by the incumbent,
James Clark Brown.
He represented Tuapeka electorate from
1899
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to 1908, when he died.
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1830 births
1908 deaths
New Zealand Liberal Party MPs
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zealand general election
19th-century New Zealand politicians
British emigrants to New Zealand
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
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