John Graham (politician)

John Graham (politician)

John Graham (1843-1926) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Nelson, in the South Island.

Member of Parliament

John Graham represented the Nelson electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for 18 years from 1893 to 1911. [citation |first = G. Antony (ed.) |last = Wood |title = Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament |place = Dunedin, [N.Z.] |publisher = University of Otago Press |year = 1996 p. 200.]

Graham served on a number of boards: the Nelson Education Board, Nelson Harbour Board, Board of Governors of Nelson College (1894) and Council of Victoria College in Wellington (1899-1912). He was also a member of the Nelson City Council. [citation |title = The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: industrial, descriptive, historical, biographical facts, figures, illustrations (6 vol.) |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Cyclopedia Co. |year = 1897-1908 Vol. 5 (1906) p. 30.]

Independent Liberal

In 1894, Graham successfully opposed the Midland Railway Bill insofar as it proposed to abandon the obligations of the company to provide a railway to Nelson. [citation |first = Guy H. (ed.) |last = Scholefield |title = A dictionary of New Zealand biography (2 vol.) |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Dept. of Internal Affairs |year = 1940 I:316.]

As Chairman of the Banking Enquiry Committee of 1896, John Graham frequently came into conflict with the Premier Richard Seddon, the Minister of Lands, John McKenzie, and George Hutchison [citation |title = The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: industrial, descriptive, historical, biographical facts, figures, illustrations (6 vol.) |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Cyclopedia Co. |year = 1897-1908 Vol. 5 (1906) p. 31.]

References

Further reading

:*citation |title = The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: industrial, descriptive, historical, biographical facts, figures, illustrations (6 vol.) |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Cyclopedia Co. |year = 1897-1908:*citation |first = Guy H. (ed.) |last = Scholefield |title = A dictionary of New Zealand biography (2 vol.) |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Dept. of Internal Affairs |year = 1940:*citation |first = James Oakley |last = Wilson |title = The New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984|edition = 4th |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Government Printer |year = 1985:*citation |first = G. Antony (ed.) |last = Wood |title = Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament |place = Dunedin, [N.Z.] |publisher = University of Otago Press |year = 1996


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