William Sefton Moorhouse was a British-born New Zealand politician. He was the second Superintendent of Canterbury Province.
Ashley was a New Zealand electorate situated north of Christchurch. It was in use from 1866 to 1902,and was replaced with the Hurunui electorate.
Robert Heaton Rhodes was a New Zealand politician,who represented the Akaroa electorate from 1871 to 1874,when he resigned. He was elected unopposed in 1871.
William Reeves was a New Zealand 19th century journalist and politician. He was the father of the author and politician the Hon. William Pember Reeves.
Kaiapoi was a rural New Zealand electorate,north of Christchurch in the Canterbury region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1946. It was represented by twelve Members of Parliament.
John Evans Brown was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Born in Pennsylvania,he came to New Zealand after spending time in Australia,where he was a farmer and US Consul. He farmed in Canterbury,where he was known as "Yankee" Brown. Three of his brothers in law,through his first wife,served as his fellow Members of Parliament. He married a second time,as his first wife died young,and moved back to the United States. On his father's land in Asheville,he came to considerable wealth due to the mining of mica.
Christchurch Country was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand from 1853 to 1860. It was thus one of the original 24 electorates used for the 1st New Zealand Parliament.
Christchurch was a parliamentary electorate in Christchurch,New Zealand. It existed three times. Originally it was the Town of Christchurch from 1853 to 1860. From the 1860–1861 election to the 1871 election,it existed as City of Christchurch. It then existed from the 1875–1876 election until the 1881 election. The last period was from the 1890 election to the 1905 election. Since the 1946 election,a similarly named electorate called Christchurch Central has been in existence.
Stanmore was a parliamentary electorate in Christchurch,New Zealand from 1881 to 1887. The electorate was represented by two Members of Parliament.
Heathcote was a 19th-century parliamentary electorate in Christchurch,New Zealand.
Richard Moore was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand and Mayor of Kaiapoi.
Edward Cephas John Stevens was a New Zealand politician in provincial government in Canterbury,and a member of both the lower and upper houses of parliament. A businessman,he controlled the Christchurch Press for many decades. He was instrumental in introducing cricket to Canterbury and one of his dealings as a land and estate agent resulted in the creation of Lancaster Park.
John Thomas Peacock MLC JP was a New Zealand businessman,philanthropist and politician. He came to Canterbury in 1844,several years before organised settlement started.
Isaac Wilson was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Canterbury,New Zealand. He represented the Kaiapoi electorate from 1881 to 7 April 1884,when he resigned because of failing health,and was replaced by Edward Richardson.
Samuel Paull Andrews was a 19th-century politician in Christchurch,New Zealand. Originally from the Isle of Wight,he was the first working class man to become a Member of Parliament in his chosen country.
Walter Hippolyte Pilliet JP was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Christchurch,New Zealand. He worked initially as a surveyor and was then resident magistrate in several places. He was a newspaper editor and was represented in Parliament for one term.
John Ollivier was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand,but was better known for his membership of the Canterbury Provincial Council. He was the second chairman of the Christchurch Town Council.
The 4th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.
William Thomson was a 19th-century politician from Christchurch,New Zealand,originally from Scotland. He held office at all levels of government,from Parliament and Provincial Council to chairman of a road board. In his professional life,Thomson was an auctioneer,accountant and commission agent. He had rural holdings in Governors Bay and at the Esk River.
The 8th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament.
