William Rolleston
Minister of Native Affairs | |
|---|---|
| In office February 1881 – 19 October 1881 | |
| Prime Minister | John Hall |
| Preceded by | John Bryce |
| Succeeded by | John Bryce |
| 6th Minister of Justice | |
| In office 15 December 1880 – 23 April 1881 | |
| Prime Minister | John Hall |
| Preceded by | John Sheehan |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Dick |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Avon | |
| In office 8 June 1868 – 27 June 1884 | |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Geraldine | |
| In office 22 July 1884 – 15 July 1887 | |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Halswell | |
| In office 5 December 1890 – 8 November 1893 | |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Riccarton | |
| In office 4 December 1896 – 15 November 1899 | |
| 4th Superintendent of Canterbury Province | |
| In office 22 May 1868 – 1 January 1877 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 September 1831 Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Spouse | Mary Rolleston (married 1865) |
| Relations | Rolleston family |
| Profession | Farmer |
William Rolleston (19 September 1831 – 8 February 1903) was a New Zealand politician, public administrator, educationalist and
Canterbury
provincial superintendent.
Biography
Early life
Rolleston was born on 19 September 1831 at
tutoring. However, this was merely a means of raising enough money to leave England in order to reject 'Conservatives and Ecclesiastics'.[3]
Political career
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868–1871 | 4th | Avon | Independent | ||
| 1871–1875 | 5th | Avon | Independent | ||
| 1875–1879 | 6th | Avon | Independent | ||
| 1879–1881 | 7th | Avon | Independent | ||
| 1881–1884 | 8th | Avon | Independent | ||
| 1884–1887 | 9th | Geraldine | Independent | ||
| 1890–1893 | 11th | Halswell | Conservative
| ||
| 1896–1899 | 13th | Riccarton | Conservative
| ||
Rolleston first joined the
Canterbury Provincial Council when he was appointed to the Canterbury Executive Council on 4 December 1863. His tenure on the Executive Council finished on 16 June 1865.[4] On 23 January 1864, he was elected as a provincial councillor in the Heathcote electorate and remained a councillor until 23 June 1865.[5] On 22 May 1868, he was elected unopposed[6] as the 4th (and last) Superintendent of the Canterbury Province. He held that office until the abolition of the provinces on 31 October 1876.[7]
Rolleston represented the Avon electorate from a by-election in 1868 to 1884. In 1878 as an MP Rolleston proposed a school for deaf children. The government agreed to open a state school for the deaf in Christchurch, and the Sumner Deaf and Dumb Institution opened in 1880.[8]
In the
George Warren Russell, but was defeated by him in 1899 by just one vote.[10]
Rolleston served as
passive resistance
campaign against the sale of Māori land.
In 1891 he was elected unopposed as Leader of the Opposition.[12]
In 1893 he supported women's suffrage, and subsequently claimed the credit in the 1893 election.
Later life and commemoration
He married
statue was erected in his honour in front of the Canterbury Museum
.
Notes
- ^ "The Hon. William Rolleston". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia Company Limited. 1903. p. 38.
- ^ "Rolleston, William (RLSN851W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Gardner, Jim. "Rolleston, William". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 191.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 196.
- ^ "Superintendency of Canterbury. Election of Mr. Rolleston". The Evening Post. Vol. IV, no. 86. 25 May 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 188.
- ^ "1880". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "The General Elections". The Star. No. 3551. 28 August 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ Rice, Geoffrey W. "Russell, George Warren". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^ The Taranaki Report: Kaupapa Tuatahi by the Waitangi Tribunal, chapter 8.
- ^ "The Opposition Leadership". The Press. Vol. XLVIII, no. 7962. 9 September 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ Crean, Mike (30 July 2011). "Anguish over unique church". The Press. p. C12.
References
- Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to William Rolleston.
- Gardner, W. J. Rolleston, William 1831 - 1903. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 7 July 2005
- Biography in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
- Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
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