Jackson Palmer

Jackson Palmer (1867 - 1919) was the Member of Parliament for Waitemata and Ohinemuri, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Member of Parliament

Jackson Palmer represented the Waitemata (1890-93) and Ohinemuri (1900-03) electorates in the New Zealand House of Representatives.

Independent Liberal

Palmer was an Independent Liberal [NZPD, Vol. 70, pp.29-30, 28 January 1891; Wilson, p.225 & Hamer, p.365] . He declined the Premier John Ballance's invitation to join the Council of the Liberal Federation in 1891 [Palmer's letter to John Ballance, Ballance Papers, Folder 12, 23 November 1891] .

Born in Belfast, in Ireland, Palmer came to New Zealand as a child. He was educated at Auckland College and was a lawyer at Paeroa (Cyclopedia of NZ 1902, Vol. 2, p. 839). Later, Jackson Palmer was chief judge of the Native Land Court [A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Edited by G.H. Scholefield, Vol. 2, p.146, 1940, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington] .

Further reading

* "The New Zealand Liberals: the Years of Power 1891-1912" by David Hamer (1988, Auckland University Press, Auckland)
* "The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984" by J.O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)

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