William Buckland (politician)
William Thorne Buckland | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Raglan | |
In office 19 April 1865 – 27 January 1866 | |
Preceded by | Charles John Taylor |
Succeeded by | Joseph Newman |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Franklin | |
In office 23 February 1871 – 6 December 1875 | |
Preceded by | William Turnbull Swan; Theodore Haultain |
Succeeded by | Hugh Lusk; Ebenezer Hamlin |
Personal details | |
Born | 1819 |
Died | 17 January 1876 (aged 56) Thomas Morland Hocken (son-in-law) (granddaughter)Jessie Buckland |
William Thorne Buckland (1819 – 17 January 1876) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Buckland was born in 1819 or 1820.[1] His mother was Elizabeth (née Mortimore) and his father was the broker John Buckland; they were from Devon, England. The auctioneer Alfred Buckland was a younger brother.[2]
Buckland arrived in New Zealand in 1841 from South Australia, and was a butcher in Auckland, then a farmer in the Waikato.[3] He married Susan Channing on 13 April 1843 at St Paul's Church in Auckland.
Buckland was appointed to the Auckland Executive Council of the
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1865–1866 | 3rd | Raglan | Independent | ||
1871–1875 | 5th | Franklin | Independent |
He represented two South Auckland electorates; first the Raglan electorate from 1865 to 1866, when he retired to go overseas.[8] He then represented the Franklin electorate from 1871 to 1875.[9] He was nominated for the 1876 election and gave a speech at the nomination meeting on 10 January 1876, but withdrew his nomination before the end of the proceedings. The Auckland Star suggested that the sole purpose of his nomination was that he could make a speech in opposition to Sir George Grey.[10] Buckland left for the Waikato immediately afterwards to support Alfred Cox in his candidacy in the Waipa electorate. However, he became ill with symptoms of heat stroke and returned to his home in Remuera.[1]
He died at his home in
Notes
- ^ a b "Untitled". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. XIII, no. 4424. 18 January 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ Stacpoole, John. "Alfred Buckland". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Death of Mr. William T. Buckland". The Auckland Star. Vol. VII, no. 1847. 18 January 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 181.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 182.
- ^ "Eden Election". Auckland Star. Vol. IV, no. 1191. 17 November 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "Nomination and Election for the District of Eden". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. X, no. 3751. 18 November 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "OUR LOCAL BUDGET. DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 April 1863. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 186.
- ^ "The Evening Star". Auckland Star. Vol. VII, no. 1841. 11 January 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "Funeral of William Thorne Buckland". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. XIII, no. 4426. 20 January 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "Deaths". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. VIII, no. 2376. 6 September 1871. p. 7. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- Wanganui Herald. Vol. IV, no. 1221. 11 September 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ Scholefield 1940, p. 114.
- ^ Main, William. "Jessie Lillian Buckland". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
References
- Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.