Tame Parata

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Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate	Party
1885–1887	9th	Southern Maori	Independent
1887–1890	10th	Southern Maori	Independent
1890–1893	11th	Southern Maori	Liberal
1893–1896	12th	Southern Maori	Liberal
1896–1899	13th	Southern Maori	Liberal
1899–1902	14th	Southern Maori	Liberal
1902–1905	15th	Southern Maori	Liberal
1905–1908	16th	Southern Maori	Liberal
1908–1911	17th	Southern Maori	Liberal

Tame Parata, also known as Thomas or Taame and sometimes referred to as Pratt by his father's name, (c. 1837 – 6 March 1917) was a Māori and a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Parata was born on Ruapuke Island in Foveaux Strait.^[1]^[2]

He won the Southern Maori electorate in the 1885 by-election after the resignation of Hori Kerei Taiaroa, and held it to 1911, when he retired; he was succeeded in the electorate by his youngest son, Taare Parata.^[3]^[4] Subsequently on 13 June 1912 Parata Sr was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council, where he sat until he died on 6 March 1917.^[5]^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Broughton, John. "Parata, Tame Haereroa". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
↑ "News Items". Colonist XL (8751). 30 December 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 225.
↑ Scholefield 1940, p. 147.
↑ Wilson 1985, p. 161.

References

"Obituary: Hon. Taame Parata". Otago Daily Times. 7 March 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Hori Kerei Taiaroa	Member of Parliament for Southern Maori 1885–1911	Succeeded by Taare Parata

Persondata
Name	Parata, Tame
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	1837
Place of birth
Date of death	6 March 1917
Place of death

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