John Bacot Explained

John Thomas Watson Bacot (1821–1888) was a New Zealand politician in the Auckland Region.

Biography

Bacot arrived in New Zealand in June 1848 to take up a position as Medical Officer to the Pensioner Settlements, having previously served as an Assistant Surveyor in the British army in India. He retired to England in 1858.

He was a member of New Zealand's 1st Parliament, representing the Pensioner Settlements from 1853 to 1855, when he was defeated.[1]

The Pensioner Settlements electorate consisted of the Auckland suburbs of Howick, Onehunga, Ōtāhuhu, and Panmure.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . First ed. published 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103 . 181.