John Karslake Karslake

John Karslake Karslake (died 21 June 1872) was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.

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Private life

Karslake arrived in Lyttelton on the Gananoque on 9 May 1860. The ship had sailed from London.[1] In 1861, Karslake was living in the Cheviot district.[2]

In about 1863, Karslake and Thomas Anson bought the Waireka run in the Malvern district.[3] The business partners bought Run 210 in February 1868, and about 1870 the two bought the adjacent Run 277. The combined run became known as the Torlesse Station, named after nearby Mount Torlesse, inland from Springfield.

He was the brother or nephew of John Burgess Karslake.[4]

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1871–72 5th Coleridge Independent

In the 1871 general election, Karslake and George Hart contested the Coleridge electorate.[5] Both men had no prior political experience.[6] Karslake and Hart received 35 and 27 votes, respectively. Karslake was thus returned.[7] He resigned in 1872 to return to England.[8]

Death

Karslake died on the voyage home on 21 June 1872 by drowning.[4][9]

References

  1. ^ "GANANOQUE". Yesteryear. http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlists/gananoque.html. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  2. ^ "List of Persons claiming to have their Names placed on the electoral Roll". Lyttelton Times: p. 6. Volume XV, Issue 878, 10 April 1861. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=LT18610410.2.19.2. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  3. ^ "Obituary". The Star: p. 1. Issue 4977, 15 June 1894. http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TS18940615.2.10. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  4. ^ a b Acland, Leopold G. D. (1946). "Mt. Torlesse". The Early Canterbury Runs: Containing the First, Second and Third (new) Series. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited. p. 233. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-AclEarl-t1-body-d8-d18-d1.html. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  5. ^ "Local and General". The Star: p. 2. Issue 826, 19 January 1871. http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18710119.2.5. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  6. ^ "The General Elections". Otago Witness: p. 2. Issue 999, 21 January 1871. http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18710121.2.5. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  7. ^ "Thursday, February 9, 1871.". Daily Southern Cross: p. 2. Volume XXVII, Issue 4209, 9 February 1871. http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18710209.2.8. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  8. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 209. OCLC 154283103. 
  9. ^ "Monday, September 9, 1872". Evening Post: p. 2. Volume VIII, Issue 188, 9 September 1872. http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18720909.2.7. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
Parliament of New Zealand
Preceded by
John Cracroft Wilson		 Member of Parliament for Coleridge
1871–72		 Succeeded by
William Bluett