| 词条 | Benjamin Harris (New Zealand politician) |
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Benjamin Harris (1836 – 12 February 1928) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand. In 1893 he appears to have been a Liberal Party supporter.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=203}} Early lifeHarris was born at Lisburn, Ireland in 1836.[1] The family migrated to England, Canada, and Australia, before settling in New Zealand in East Tamaki in 1847.[1][2] Early in his life, he had a farm in Pukekohe.[1] With the outbreak of the New Zealand Wars, he joined the Otahuhu Cavalry Volunteers in 1861, and, as The Press in Christchurch as a contemporary source records, "for a few years subsequently galloped about slaying Maoris {{sic}} in the interests of settlement, civilisation, and Christianity."[3] He returned to his farm in 1866 and married the following year.[1] Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=right}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{NZ election link year|1879}} |end = 1881 |term = 7th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Franklin}} |party = Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1881}} |end = 1882 |term = 8th |electorate = Franklin North |party = Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox break}}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{By-election link year|Franklin North|1882}} |end = 1884 |term = 8th |electorate = Franklin North |party = Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox break}}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1893}} |end = 1896 |term = 12th |electorate = Franklin |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} He represented the Ramarama electorate on the Auckland Provincial Council from October 1874 until the abolition of provincial councils two years later.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=184}} He represented South Auckland electorates; Franklin from 1879 to 1881; and then the replacement electorate of Franklin North from 1881. His 1881 election was declared void in 1882, but he won the subsequent {{By-election link|Franklin North|1882}}. In 1884 he was defeated.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=203}} He contested the {{NZ election link|1890}} in the reconstituted Franklin electorate, but was defeated by Ebenezer Hamlin.[4] Harris then represented the Franklin electorate from 1893 to 1896, when he was again defeated, by future Prime Minister William Massey.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=203, 219}} On 3 February 1897, he was appointed to the Legislative Council. At the end of the seven-year terms, he was reappointed in 1904, 1911 and 1918. He resigned on 20 June 1923.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=155}} Later life and deathLate in his life, he lived in Clyde Street in Epsom.[5] He died at his home, Taumaihi, on 12 February 1928 and was buried at Pukekohe Cemetery. He was survived by his wife Jane, three daughters and one son.[1] Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |title=Death of Major Harris |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19280213.2.111 |accessdate=20 November 2013 |work=Auckland Star |volume=LIX |issue=36 |date=13 February 1928 |page=9}} 2. ^{{cite news |title=People in Perspective |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZTR19240223.2.4 |accessdate=20 November 2013 |work=New Zealand Truth |issue=952 |date=23 February 1924 |page=1}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Mr Benjamin Harris |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18940911.2.34.3 |accessdate=20 November 2013 |work=The Press |volume=LI |issue=8895 |date=11 September 1894 |page=5}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1890 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1891-I.2.1.6.2 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=25 February 2012 |page=1 |year=1891}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=Deaths |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19280213.2.3 |accessdate=20 November 2013 |work=Auckland Star |volume=LIX |issue=36 |date=13 February 1928 |page=1}} References
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