Английская Википедия:George Hart (politician)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:NZ parlbox header Шаблон:NZ parlbox Шаблон:NZ parlbox footer George Hart (1820 – 19 August 1895) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Canterbury region of New Zealand.

Hart was born in Winchmore Hill in 1820.Шаблон:Sfn He was baptised on 10 February 1823 in St. Clement Dunes, London. He came to New Zealand with his elder brother Robert in 1843 on the Mary, and he settled in Wellington.Шаблон:Sfn[1] He returned to England for a visit in 1848, and upon his return, he settled in Canterbury and took up a large sheep run.Шаблон:Sfn

He returned to the Wellington region in 1853,Шаблон:Sfn and he represented the Hutt electorate on the Wellington Provincial Council from August 1853 until February 1861.Шаблон:Sfn He was the council's third speaker from September 1859 until February 1861.Шаблон:Sfn He unsuccessfully contested the 1856 Hutt by-election, losing against William Fitzherbert and Samuel Revans.[2] He unsuccessfully contested the Шаблон:By-election link in the Шаблон:NZ electorate link electorate, and was beaten by William Bluett.[3]

He married Julia Frances Herison James in 1859, who was from Sydney. Some time after his marriage, he again moved to Canterbury. He once more held large sheep stations and in 1874, he sold the Fernside station with 40,000 sheep.Шаблон:Sfn

He was appointed to the executive council of the Canterbury Provincial Council by Francis Edward Stewart in June 1867 and served until the end of Stewart's executive on 3 March 1868.Шаблон:Sfn

He represented the Coleridge electorate in 1879, from 8 May to 15 August when he was defeated by Edward George Wright.[4]

He died at his residence in Hereford Street in Christchurch on 19 August 1895.[5] He is buried at Linwood Cemetery.[6]

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