| Bill Hawkins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | William Henry Hawkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parliament: | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | John O'Meara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor: | Robert Beatson Ross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Term End: | 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Henry Hawkins (1861 – 10 August 1930) was a New Zealand cricketer and Liberal Party Member of Parliament.
Hawkins was born in New South Wales and moved to the Wairarapa at the age of 20 to take up journalism. He eventually became editor and manager of the Pahiatua Herald. After losing his parliamentary seat he moved to Tataraimaka in Taranaki, where he took up farming.
Hawkins played 17 first-class matches for Auckland and Hawke's Bay between 1887 and 1896.[1] He was a wicket-keeper who also sometimes bowled left-arm medium pace.[2] He captained Hawke's Bay in their match against Wellington in 1887-88.[3]
Hawkins won the Pahiatua electorate in a 1904 by-election after the death of John O'Meara; but was defeated in the next election in 1905.[4] In World War I he served overseas in the 14th Reinforcement with the rank of captain.[5] On his return he joined the staff of the prohibitionist organisation the New Zealand Alliance.
Hawkins died in New Plymouth on 10 August 1930,[6] and he was buried at Te Henui Cemetery.[7] He was survived by his widow, whom he had married in 1894, and their four sons and a daughter.[6]