John Parkin Taylor

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Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1858–1860 2nd Dunedin Country Independent

John Parkin Taylor (1812 – 12 August 1875) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician in Otago and Southland.

He represented the Dunedin Country electorate in the New Zealand Parliament from 1858 to 1860, when he retired.[1]

He was Superintendent of Southland Province from 1865 to 1869.[2] Taylor, Arthur Seymour, John Acland, James Crowe Richmond, James Rolland, James Prendergast, Henry Miller, Henry Joseph Coote and Alfred Rowland Chetham-Strode were all appointed to the Legislative Council on 8 July 1865.[3][4] Taylor's membership lapsed on 18 October 1867 through absence. He was reappointed on 4 July 1868 and served until his death on 12 August 1875.[5]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103. 
  2. ^ "Provinces 1848-77". Rulers.org. Retrieved 16 September 2010. 
  3. ^ "Legislative Council". Daily Southern Cross. Volume XXI, Issue 2511, 5 August 1865. p. 5. Retrieved 1 February 2012. 
  4. ^ Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer. pp. 73–86. 
  5. ^ Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 86. 
Political offices
Preceded by
James Alexander Robertson Menzies		 Superintendent of Southland Province
1865–1869		 Succeeded by
William Wood
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
John Cargill		 Member of Parliament for Dunedin Country
1858–1860
Served alongside: William Cargill, Thomas Gillies		 Constituency abolished


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