John Karslake Karslake Explained

John Karslake Karslake (died 21 June 1872) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Canterbury region of New Zealand.

Private life

Karslake arrived in Lyttelton on the Gananoque on 9 May 1860. The ship had sailed from London.[1] In 1861, Karslake was living in the Cheviot district.[2]

In about 1863, Karslake and Thomas Anson bought the Waireka run in the Malvern district.[3] The business partners bought Run 210 in February 1868, and about 1870 the two bought the adjacent Run 277. The combined run became known as the Torlesse Station, named after nearby Mount Torlesse, inland from Springfield.

He was the brother or nephew of John Burgess Karslake.[4]

Member of Parliament

In the 1871 general election, Karslake and George Hart contested the Coleridge electorate.[5] Both men had no prior political experience.[6] Karslake and Hart received 35 and 27 votes, respectively. Karslake was thus returned.[7] He resigned on 12 April 1872 to return to England.[8]

Death

Karslake died on the voyage home on 21 June 1872 by drowning.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GANANOQUE . Yesteryear. 29 September 2010.
  2. News: List of Persons claiming to have their Names placed on the electoral Roll . 29 September 2010 . . XV . 878 . 10 April 1861 . 6.
  3. News: Obituary . 29 September 2010 . . 15 June 1894. 4977 . 1.
  4. Book: Acland, Leopold G. D. . The Early Canterbury Runs: Containing the First, Second and Third (new) Series . 1946 . Whitcombe and Tombs Limited . 29 September 2010 . Christchurch . 233 . Mt. Torlesse.
  5. News: Local and General . https://archive.today/20120715215417/http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS18710119.2.5 . dead . 15 July 2012 . 29 September 2010 . . 19 January 1871 . 826 . 2 .
  6. News: The General Elections . https://archive.today/20120721164119/http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18710121.2.5 . dead . 21 July 2012 . 29 September 2010 . . 21 January 1871 . 999 . 2 .
  7. News: Thursday, February 9, 1871. . https://archive.today/20120720031313/http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18710209.2.8 . dead . 20 July 2012 . 29 September 2010 . Daily Southern Cross . XXVII . 4209 . 9 February 1871 . 2 .
  8. Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . First ed. published 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103 . 209.
  9. News: Monday, September 9, 1872 . https://archive.today/20120714235558/http://slbplone.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18720909.2.7 . dead . 14 July 2012 . 29 September 2010 . . VIII . 188 . 9 September 1872 . 2 .

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