| Ebenezer Hamlin | |
| Birth Date: | 1844 |
| Birth Place: | Orua, Manukau Harbour, New Zealand |
| Death Date: | 4 June 1900 |
| Death Place: | Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Order3: | 5th Chairman of Committees |
| Term Start3: | 30 May 1882 |
| Term End3: | 3 October 1890 |
| Predecessor3: | Arthur Seymour |
| Successor3: | Westby Perceval |
| Constituency Mp5: | Franklin |
| Parliament5: | New Zealand |
| Term Start5: | 18 January 1876 |
| Term End5: | 8 December 1881 |
| Predecessor5: | William Buckland Joseph May |
| Successor5: | Constituency abolished |
| Term Start6: | 5 December 1890 |
| Term End6: | 8 November 1893 |
| Predecessor6: | New constituency |
| Successor6: | Benjamin Harris |
| Constituency Mp7: | Franklin South |
| Parliament7: | New Zealand |
| Term Start7: | 9 December 1881 |
| Term End7: | 4 December 1890 |
| Predecessor7: | New constituency |
| Successor7: | Constituency abolished |
Ebenezer Hamlin (1844 – 4 June 1900) was a member of parliament in New Zealand, and an independent conservative.
Hamlin was born in Orua on the Manukau Harbour to the Rev James Hamlin, a missionary who had arrived in New Zealand in 1823 with the Church Missionary Society. He was the ninth and youngest son of the reverend.[1] He fought in the New Zealand Wars in the 1860s, and was a Major in the Territorial Army.[2] On 28 April 1868, Hamlin married Sarah Grace Barriball, the daughter of Charles Barriball of Waiuku, at her father's house near Waiuku (Barriball Road in Waiuku commemorates the location of the family's land).[3] [4]
Electors from Waiuku presented a requisition to Hamlin in November 1869 to stand for election in the Raglan electorate for the Auckland Provincial Council, which he accepted.[5] Three representatives were elected on 20 December, and of four candidates, Joseph May came first and Hamlin came second.[6] [7] Hamlin remained a member of the provincial council until the abolition of provincial government in 1875.[8]
He represented the South Auckland seats of Franklin in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1876 to 1881; and then the replacement electorate of Franklin South from 1881 to 1890. He then represented the reconstituted Franklin electorate from 1890 to 1893 when he retired. He was never defeated.
He served as Chairman of Committees from 1882 to 1890.
Hamlin died at his residence in the Auckland suburb of Remuera on 4 June 1900, and he was buried in the St Mark's Church cemetery, Remuera. He was survived by his wife, three sons, and seven daughters.