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Thomas Tanner (New Zealand politician)

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1887–1890 10th Waipawa Independent

Thomas Tanner (1830 – 22 July 1918) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Born in Wiltshire, England, in 1830, Tanner arrived in New Zealand in 1850, and took up a large farm in Hawke's Bay in 1853.[1]

Tanner was a member of the Hawke's Bay Provincial Council from 1867 to 1875.[2] He represented the Hawkes Bay parliamentary electorate of Waipawa from 1887 to 1890, when he retired and William Cowper Smith was re-elected to the seat; Smith had held Waipawa until 1887, when he was elected for the new electorate of Woodville (which only existed from 1887 to 1890).[3] He contested the 1893 election in the Hawke's Bay electorate and of the three candidates, he came last.[4]

He died at Havelock North on 22 July 1918.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Passing of a pioneer". Hastings Standard. 22 July 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. ^ Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda (PDF). Vol. II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. pp. 363f. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 238. OCLC 154283103.
  4. ^ "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Waipawa
1887–1890
Succeeded by
William Cowper Smith