Leonard Harper

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Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1876–1878 6th Cheviot Independent
1884–1887 9th Avon Independent

Leonard Harper (1832 – 27 October 1915) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Harper was born in 1832. His father was Henry Harper, who became the first bishop of Christchurch.[1]

He represented the Cheviot electorate from 1876 to 1878, when he resigned. He then represented the Avon electorate from 1884 to 1887, when he again resigned.[2] He bought Ilam homestead, once the largest residential building in Christchurch,[3] and was for some years co-owner of Risingholme, which was bought from the estate of William Reeves.[4]

Harper left New Zealand in July 1891. It only emerged later that his law firm was bankrupt, and that NZ£200,000 had been embezzled.[1] He later lived on Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands,[5] where he died in 1915.[6] Arthur Paul Harper was his son.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Langton, Graham. "Arthur Paul Harper". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
  2. ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 203. OCLC 154283103.
  3. ↑ "History of the Club". University of Canterbury. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Risingholme". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1903). "Mr. Leonard Harper". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. p. 96. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Death of Mr Leonard Harper". The Press LI (15421). 28 October 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
William Rolleston		 Member of Parliament for Avon
1884–1887 		Succeeded by
Edwin Blake
Preceded by
Henry Anthony Ingles		 Member of Parliament for Cheviot
1876–1878 		Succeeded by
Alfred Saunders


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