James Horn

James Horn
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wakatipu
In office
1919–1928
Preceded by William Fraser
Personal details
Born 1855
Banffshire, Scotland
Died 1932
New Zealand
Political party Liberal

James Horn (1855–1932) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.

Biography

Early life

Horn was born in Banffshire, Scotland and came to Otago in 1879. He was a storekeeper at Bannockburn, Otago from 1883 to 1928, when he moved to Dunedin.[1]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
19191922 20th Wakatipu Liberal
19221925 21st Wakatipu Liberal
19251928 22nd Wakatipu Liberal
1928 Changed allegiance to: United

He won the Wakatipu electorate in the 1919 general election, and held it to 1928, when he retired.[2] In parliament he supported construction of the Otago Central Railway to Clyde and then Cromwell, and the breaking-up of large estates.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Thomson, Jane (editor) (1998). Southern People: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography. Dunedin: Longacre Press. ISBN 1-877135-11-9.
  2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 206. OCLC 154283103.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
William Fraser
Member of Parliament for Wakatipu
19191928
Constituency abolished


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