John Graham (politician)

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John Graham (1843-1926) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Nelson, in the South Island.

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[edit] Member of Parliament

John Graham represented the Nelson electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for 18 years from 1893 to 1911. [1]

Graham served on a number of boards: the Nelson Education Board, Nelson Harbour Board, Board of Governors of Nelson College (1894) and Council of Victoria College in Wellington (1899-1912). He was also a member of the Nelson City Council. [2]

[edit] Independent Liberal

In 1894, Graham successfully opposed the Midland Railway Bill insofar as it proposed to abandon the obligations of the company to provide a railway to Nelson. [3]

As Chairman of the Banking Enquiry Committee of 1896, John Graham frequently came into conflict with the Premier Richard Seddon, the Minister of Lands, John McKenzie, and George Hutchison[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wood, G. Antony (ed.) (1996), Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament, Dunedin, [N.Z.]: University of Otago Press  p. 200.
  2. ^ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: industrial, descriptive, historical, biographical facts, figures, illustrations (6 vol.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Cyclopedia Co., 1897-1908  Vol. 5 (1906) p. 30.
  3. ^ Scholefield, Guy H. (ed.) (1940), A dictionary of New Zealand biography (2 vol.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Dept. of Internal Affairs  I:316.
  4. ^ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: industrial, descriptive, historical, biographical facts, figures, illustrations (6 vol.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Cyclopedia Co., 1897-1908  Vol. 5 (1906) p. 31.

[edit] Further reading

  • The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: industrial, descriptive, historical, biographical facts, figures, illustrations (6 vol.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Cyclopedia Co., 1897-1908 
  • Scholefield, Guy H. (ed.) (1940), A dictionary of New Zealand biography (2 vol.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Dept. of Internal Affairs 
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985), The New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 (4th ed.), Wellington, [N.Z.]: Government Printer 
  • Wood, G. Antony (ed.) (1996), Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament, Dunedin, [N.Z.]: University of Otago Press 
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