词条 | Robert Hart (politician) |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Robert Hart | honorific-suffix = | image = | constituency_MP = City of Wellington | parliament = 1st New Zealand | majority = | primeminister = James FitzGerald (head of the Executive Council) | predecessor = n/a | successor = Isaac Featherston William Fitzherbert | term_start = 1854 | term_end = 1855 | birth_date = 1814 | birth_place = | death_date =1894 | death_place = | nationality = | spouse = | party = | relations = George Hart (brother) Donald McLean (brother-in-law) | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = Lawyer | profession = | religion = | signature = }} Robert Hart (1814 – 16 September 1894) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. Biography{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{NZ election link year|1853}} |end = 1855 |term = 1st |electorate = City of Wellington |party = Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Hart was also baptised on 4 April 1815. He left London in April 1843 on board the Mary, arriving in Wellington on 9 August 1843. He was a well-known solicitor and barrister in Wellington, first with the firm Messrs Holroyd and Hart, then for many years as the principal member of the firm Messrs Hart and Buckley.[1] He was elected in 1853 to the 1st New Zealand Parliament, representing the City of Wellington electorate, but did not serve in any further Parliaments.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=112}} He contested 27 December 1856 by-election against Samuel Revans in the Hutt electorate and gained 24 votes against 96 for Revans.[2] In 1859, he was appointed Judge of the District Courts of Wellington, Hawke's Bay and Wanganui.[3] He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 9 July 1872, and remained a member until his death in 1894.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=112}} He married Catherine McLean on 10 January 1867 at St. Andrew's Church, Wellington. Catherine was the sister of Donald McLean, the Superintendent of Hawke's Bay Province.[4] His brother was the politician George Hart.[5] References
1. ^"Obituary: Death of the Hon Robert Hart", in Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 10110, 17 September 1894, Page 2. 2. ^{{cite news|title=THE SOUTHERN CROSS. Tuesday, December 30, 1856 |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18561230.2.11 |accessdate=26 June 2010 |newspaper=Daily Southern Cross |volume=XIII |issue=992 |date=30 December 1856 |page=2 }} 3. ^"New Zealand Gazette", in Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVI, Issue 1240, 29 July 1859, Page 5. 4. ^"Marriages", in Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 2962, 22 January 1867, Page 3. 5. ^{{cite news |title=Obituary |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18950821.2.53 |accessdate=2 May 2013 |newspaper=The Star |date=21 August 1895|issue=5342 |page=4}}
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