William Wood (politician, born 1827)

(Redirected from William Wood (New Zealand politician)) 19th-century New Zealand politician

William Wood (1827 – 30 August 1884) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician.

Biography

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate
1866–1870	4th	Invercargill	Independent

1876–1878	6th	Mataura	Independent

He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from 1866 to 1870, when he retired, and then the Mataura electorate from 1876 to 1878, when he resigned.

He was the third and last Superintendent of the Southland Province in 1869–1870. He was the first Mayor of Invercargill in 1871–1873.

He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1878 until his death in 1884.

References

Wilson, James Oakley (1985) . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
"Provinces 1848-77". Rulers.org. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
"Mayors down the years". Invercargill City Council. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
Scholefield, Guy (1950) . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 88.

Political offices
Preceded byJohn Parkin Taylor	Superintendent of Southland Province 1869–1870	Reunited with Otago Province
First	Mayor of Invercargill 1871–1873	Succeeded byGeorge Lumsden
New Zealand Parliament
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Invercargill 1866–1870	Succeeded byWilliam Henderson Calder
Preceded byDillon Bell	Member of Parliament for Mataura 1876–1878	Succeeded byJames Shanks

Mayors of Invercargill

Mayors

Elections

Annual term	1871 1872† 1873† 1874 1875† 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881† 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 (June)‡ 1887 (November) 1888† 1889 1890 1891† 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1901 1902† 1903 1904† 1905 1906† 1907 1908 1909 1910† 1911† 1912 1913 1914
Biennial term	1915 1917 1919 1921 1923 1925† 1927 1929 1931 1933
Triennial term	1935† 1938 (May) 1938 (October)‡ 1941† 1942‡ 1944 1947 1950† 1953 1956† 1959† 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977† 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1993‡ 1995 1998 2001† 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022

† Elected unopposed
‡ By-election

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