John Hornsby (politician)

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John Thomas Marryat Hornsby (13 March 1857 - 23 February 1921) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, from the Wairarapa.

He was a Member of Parliament for Wairarapa in the 14th (1899-1902); 16th (1905-1908); and 19th (1914-1919) Parliaments.

He defeated Walter Clarke Buchanan (the Conservative sitting member from 1887) in 1899, but lost to him in 1902 and 1908. Buchanan was later the Reform Party candidate.

Hornsby was defeated in 1919.

[edit] Further reading

[edit] Works by Hornsby

  • Aotearoa: he nupepa ma nga tangata Maori, Nepia [i.e. Napier], [N.Z.]: He mea ta ki te Whare Ta o te Iwinini Niuhi, i raro i te mana o Hone Tamati Mariata Honepi [i.e. printed by Hornsby], 1892 
  • There were two issues of this newspaper, printed during June 1892.
  • Hornsby, John T. M. (1919), The Labour Socialist’s objective: leaders advocate revolutionary methods and an appeal to force, Wellington, [N.Z.]: Wellington Publishing Co. 

[edit] Works about Hornsby

  • Bagnall, Austin G. (1976), Wairarapa: an historical excursion, Masterton, [N.Z.]: Hedley’s Bookshop for the Masterton Trust Lands Trust 
  • Scholefield, Guy H. (1958), Newspapers in New Zealand, Wellington, [N.Z.]: A.H. & A.W. Reed 


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