| 词条 | John Anstey |
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John Anstey JP (1856 – 28 August 1940) was a farmer from South Canterbury in New Zealand. He was first a member of the Legislative Council and then a Member of Parliament, representing the Liberal Party. Early lifeAnstey was born in Devonshire, England in 1856, and was raised on his father's farm in Tiverton.[1][2] He was the brother of Rev. Martin Anstey.[3] He came to New Zealand in 1878 via Lyttelton. For the first three years, he worked as a shearer and engine-driver.[1] On 20 September 1881, he married Bessie Chamberlain of Hadstock Estate in the Ellesmere district near Christchurch. His wife was born in Cheriton Fitzpaine in Devon, which is about {{convert|9|mi}} from where he grew up.[2] In the same year, he bought land in Pareora, some {{convert|12|km}} south of Timaru. In 1889, he leased land in Otipua and moved to that locality a few kilometres inland from Pareora.[1] Anstey was active with the Canterbury Farmers' Cooperative Association and eventually became its director, and was for several years on the board of the Pareora School Committee, including three years as chairperson. He became a Justice of the Peace in 1897.[1] He was on the Timaru Borough Council, belonged to the South Canterbury Power Board from its beginning, and was a member of the Chamber of Commerce for two decades.[8] Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=right}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{NZ election link year|1914}} |end = 1919 |term = 19th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Waitaki}} |party = New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Anstey was a member of the Royal Land Commission from 1905 and as a result of this work, he was appointed to the Legislative Council on 22 January 1907 by the Liberal Government.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=148}}[4] At the end of his term on 21 January 1914, the Reform Government was in power and he was not reappointed.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=148}} He won the Waitaki electorate in {{NZ election link year|1914}}, when he defeated Norton Francis of the Reform Party by 3070 votes to 2914.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=180}}[5] At the next general election in {{NZ election link year|1919}}, he was defeated by Reform's John Bitchener.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=180, 184}} DeathAnstey died on 28 August 1940, aged 84.[6] He was survived by three sons and one daughter.[4] Notes1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |title=Mr. J. Anstey |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19070125.2.37 |accessdate=30 November 2012 |newspaper=The Press |volume=LXIII |issue=12711 |date=25 January 1907 |page=7}} 2. ^1 {{cite news |title=Marriage |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18810922.2.6 |accessdate=30 November 2012 |newspaper=Star |date=22 September 1881|issue=4188 |page=3}} 3. ^{{Cite book|title=ANSTEY: Our True Surname Origin and Shared Medieval Ancestry|last=Anstey|first=G.M. and T.J.|publisher=|year=2017|isbn=|location=|pages=15}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Mr John Anstey |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19400829.2.119.1 |accessdate=1 December 2012 |newspaper=Evening Post |volume=CXXX |issue=52 |date=29 August 1940 |page=13}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=Waitaki |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AG19141217.2.3.4 |accessdate=30 November 2012 |newspaper=Ashburton Guardian |volume=XXXV |issue=9021 |date=17 December 1914 |page=2}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=Mr John Anstey |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19400829.2.167 |accessdate=30 November 2012 |newspaper=Auckland Star |volume=LXXI |issue=205 |date=29 August 1940 |page=20}} References{{Commons category|John Anstey}}
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