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Reader Gilson Wood (1821 – 20 August 1895) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. Biography{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=right}}{{NZ parlbox|start = 1861 |end = 1865 |term = 3rd |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Parnell}} |party = Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox break}}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{By-election link year|Parnell|1870}} |end = |term = 4th |electorate = Parnell |party = Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1871}} |end = 1875 |term = 5th |electorate = Parnell |party = Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox |start = 1875 |end = 1878 |term = 6th |electorate = Parnell |party = Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox break}}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1879}} |end = 1881 |term = 7th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Waitemata}} |party = Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Wood, the son of Thomas and Sarah Wood, was baptised at the Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester, Leciestershire, England, on 5 January 1821.[1] He was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, London.[2] He was brought up as an architect, and shortly after his articles had expired left England for New Zealand, arriving in Auckland in 1844.[2] The northern insurrection breaking out in the following year, Wood was made lieutenant of Volunteer Artillery, and was present at the attempted storming of Heke's pā at Ohaeawai on 1 July 1845. He was mentioned in Colonel Despard's despatch describing that disastrous affair.[2] After the war Wood returned to Auckland, where he practised his profession of architect and surveyor. About 1848 he was employed by the Government as Inspector of Roads, afterwards he was appointed Deputy Surveyor-General, which office he retained until 1856.[2] He was tasked with the design of the General Assembly House, which was built in 1854 in Auckland as New Zealand's first meeting house for parliament.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=314}} Wood was the Member of Parliament for Parnell from 1861 to 1865 (resigned), then {{By-election link year|Parnell|1870}} to 1878 (resigned); then for Waitemata from {{NZ election link year|1879}} to 1881, when he retired.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=247}} He was a cabinet minister, including the positions of Minister of Finance (then called Colonial Treasurer) twice, and Minister of Defence (then called Minister of Colonial Defence). He was part of the Auckland wing of the Liberal Party, sometimes called the "Auckland Rats". He stood in the {{NZ election link|1887}} in the {{NZ electorate link|Waitemata}} electorate and was defeated by Richard Monk.[3]{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=220}} On 20 May 1850, he married Mary Jane Holland at St Paul's Church, Auckland's oldest Anglican church.[4] He died at his home in Parnell, Auckland, on 20 August 1895, leaving his widow and one son, and was buried at St Stephen's Cemetery, Parnell.[5] He was survived by one son.[4] Notes1. ^{{cite web |url=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&db=FS1EnglandBirthsandChristenings&h=143665990 |title=England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 |year=2014 |website= |publisher=Ancestry.com Operations |accessdate=13 May 2015 |subscription=yes}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite Australasia|Wood, Hon. Reader Gilson}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Waitemata |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18870917.2.48.4 |accessdate=17 April 2012|newspaper=Auckland Star|volume=XVIII|issue=218|date=17 September 1887|page=8}} 4. ^1 {{cite book |title=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand |origyear=First published in 1966 |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga |url= http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/featherston-dr-isaac-earl/1 | editor-first=A. H. |editor-last=McLintock |editor-link=Alexander Hare McLintock | first=Bernard John | last=Foster |accessdate= 26 July 2015 |chapter=Wood, Reader Gillson |date=23 April 2009}} 5. ^{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18950821.2.7 | title=Death of Mr Reader Wood | date=21 August 1895 | work=Auckland Star | accessdate=13 May 2015 | page=2 }} References
1870–1878}}{{s-aft | after = Robert Creighton}}{{s-bef | before = Charles Heaphy}}{{s-aft | after = Frederick Moss}}{{s-bef | before = John Macfarlane}}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Waitemata|years=1879–1981}}{{s-aft | after= William Hurst}}{{end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Reader}} 17 : 1821 births|1895 deaths|People from Leicester|English emigrants to New Zealand|Members of the Auckland Provincial Council|Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand|Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives|New Zealand defence ministers|New Zealand finance ministers|New Zealand Liberal Party MPs|New Zealand public servants|New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zealand general election|Burials at St Stephen's Cemetery, Parnell|19th-century New Zealand architects|Members of Auckland provincial executive councils|19th-century New Zealand politicians |
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