Alfred Saunders
Alfred Saunders | |
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Alfred Saunders in ca 1865 | |
3rd Superintendent of Nelson Province | |
In office Mar 1865 – 4 February 1867 |
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Personal details | |
Born | 12 June 1820 |
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Political party | Independent |
Children | ten, including Sarah Page |
Alfred Saunders (12 June 1820 – 28 October 1905) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician.[1]
Political career
Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
1861–1864 | 3rd | Waimea | Independent | |
1878–1879 | 6th | Cheviot | Independent | |
1879–1881 | 7th | Cheviot | Independent | |
1889–1890 | 10th | Lincoln | Independent | |
1890–1893 | 11th | Selwyn | Independent | |
1893–1896 | 12th | Selwyn | Independent
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He was elected onto the Nelson Provincial Council representing Waimea South in 1855 and remained a councillor until his election of Superintendent for the Nelson Province from 1865 to 1867. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Waimea in 1861, and he resigned from this seat in 1864. He then represented Cheviot from 1878 to 1881 when he was defeated. He contested the 1888 by-election in the Ashley electorate and was defeated by John Verrall by just two votes.[2] From 1889 to 1890 he represented the Lincoln electorate and from 1890 to 1896 he represented Selwyn, being defeated at the general election of 1896 for the latter constituency.[3]
He supported the Temperance Union petition in favour of woman's suffrage to Parliament in 1891. He had ten children, including Sarah Page.[4]
References
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Further reading
- Mennell, Philip (1892). " Saunders, Alfred". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Superintendent of Nelson Province 1865–1867 |
Succeeded by Oswald Curtis |
New Zealand Parliament | ||
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Waimea 1861–1864 |
Succeeded by John George Miles |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Cheviot 1878–1881 |
Succeeded by Hugh McIlraith |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Lincoln 1889–1890 |
Constituency abolished |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Selwyn 1890–1896 |
Succeeded by Cathcart Wason |
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- Superintendents of New Zealand provincial councils
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- Members of the Nelson Provincial Council
- Unsuccessful candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1881
- Unsuccessful candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1887
- Unsuccessful candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1896
- Unsuccessful candidates in the New Zealand general election, 1884
- New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates