1. Early life

2. Member of Parliament

3. Notes

4. References

Sir John McKenzie {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KCMG|size=85%}} (6 October 1839 – 6 August 1901) was a New Zealand politician. He served as Minister of Lands and Agriculture in the Liberal Government of John Ballance.

Early life

McKenzie was born in Ardross, Scotland, and while young saw the hardships caused by the Highland Clearances. He arrived in Otago in 1860, working for Johnny Jones in Waikouaiti. He later farmed near Palmerston.^[1]

Member of Parliament

He first ran for election to the Otago Provincial Council in 1868 (for Waikouaiti), but was not elected (for Waihemo) until 1871.

From {{NZ election link year|1881}} to 1900 he served in the New Zealand Parliament; for the Otago electorates of Moeraki, then Waihemo ({{NZ election link year|1887}}), Waitaki ({{NZ election link year|1890}}), and Waihemo again from {{NZ election link year|1893}} to 1900, when he resigned due to ill-health.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=123}}

He served as Minister of Lands and Agriculture from 1891 to 1900 in the Liberal Government.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|pp=40–41}} He oversaw many land reforms, favouring small family farmers and the opening up of land for closer settlement.^[1] On 17 May 1901, he was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=80}} He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in June 1901, on the occasion of the visit of TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) to New Zealand,^[2] and died of bladder cancer only six weeks later on 6 August 1901.^[1]

There is a memorial cairn to McKenzie on top of Puketapu, a prominent hill close to Palmerston in Otago.^[1] This cairn, erected in the 1920s, replaced an earlier cairn on another nearby hill, Pukehiwitahi, which was erected in 1902, but quickly fell into disrepair.^[3]

Notes

References

• {{Cite book |ref=harv |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |edition=3rd |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher= Govt. Printer |location= Wellington}}
• [https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/4657/mckenzie.html&date=2009-10-25+06:00:29 Sir John McKenzie: Champion of the Small Farmer]
• "McKenzie, Sir John." Encyclopædia Britannica

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