J. T. Marryat Hornsby Explained

J. T. Marryat Hornsby
Constituency Mp1:Wairarapa
Parliament1:New Zealand
Term Start1:10 December 1914
Term End1:19 December 1919
Predecessor1:Walter Buchanan
Successor1:Alex McLeod
Term Start2:6 December 1905
Term End2:17 November 1908
Predecessor2:Walter Buchanan
Successor2:Walter Buchanan
Term Start3:6 December 1899
Term End3:25 November 1902
Predecessor3:Walter Buchanan
Successor3:Walter Buchanan
Birth Date:1857 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Hobart, Tasmania
Death Place:Carterton, New Zealand
Party:Liberal

John Thomas Marryat Hornsby (13 March 1857 – 23 February 1921), generally known as J. T. Marryat Hornsby, was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party from the Wairarapa. He was a newspaper editor and proprietor.

Biography

Early life

Hornsby was born at Hobart, Tasmania in 1857. His family moved to Nelson in 1874 and when the other family members returned to Hobart, he remained in New Zealand.

Political career

He was a Member of Parliament for the electorate in the 14th (1899–1902), 16th (1905–1908), and 19th (1914–1919) Parliaments.

He defeated Walter Clarke Buchanan (the Conservative sitting member from 1887) in 1899, but lost to him in 1902 and 1908. Buchanan was later the Reform Party candidate.

Hornsby was defeated in 1919 by Alex McLeod.

Hornsby died at Carterton in 1921.

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