Henry Augustus Field

Henry Augustus Field (1852 – 8 December 1899) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1896–1899 13th Otaki Liberal
1899 14th Otaki Liberal

Field was born in Wanganui in 1852, the son of Henry Claylands Field (1825–1912) and his wife Margaret Symes Field.[1] He was a surveyor and farmer.[2] Together with his Christchurch cousin, D. H. Monro, he surveyed the Upper Whanganui River and the Taupo District immediately following the New Zealand Wars.[3]

He won the Otaki electorate in the Horowhenua District in the 1896 general election, and was re-elected in the 1899 general election on 6 December. He died two days after his re-election.[4] His brother, William Hughes Field, won the resulting by-election on 6 January 1900.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. pp. 248f. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  2. ↑ The New Zealand Liberals: the Years of Power 1891-1912 by David Hamer (1988, Auckland University Press, Auckland), page 362
  3. ↑ "Obituary". The Evening Post. LVIII (140). 11 December 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.