Joseph Hargreaves (politician) explained

Joseph Hargreaves (1821 – 10 April 1880) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Auckland, New Zealand.

Born in Liverpool in 1821, Hargreaves represented the electorate in 1860, from 5 April (elected in the electorate's second by-election that year) to 24 July, when he resigned on private grounds.[1] John Logan Campbell was elected unopposed (in the electorate's third by-election that year) to fill the vacancy.[2] He died on 10 April 1880.[3]

Hargreaves was married to a daughter of William Spain, who had been appointed in 1841 as a New Zealand Land Claims Commissioner and had lived in the country until 1845.[4] His wife died on 2 October 1910, aged 84.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Monthly local epitome . New Zealander . 1 August 1860 . 13 November 2019 . 1491 . XVI . Papers Past.
  2. Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . First ed. published 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103 . 203.
  3. News: Death of Mr. Joseph Hargreaves . 12 November 2019 . . XVII . 5743 . 14 April 1880 . 5.
  4. Book: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District . 1902 . . Cyclopedia Company Limited . 13 November 2019 . Christchurch . Mr. Joseph Hargreaves.
  5. News: A link with the past . 13 November 2019 . . XLVII . 14491 . 4 October 1910 . 6.

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