George Jones (New Zealand politician)
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| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1880–1881 | 7th | Waitaki | Independent | |
George Jones (1844 – 16 December 1920) was a 19th-century member of parliament in Otago, New Zealand.
Jones was born in Upper Hutt in 1844. He went to Australia with his parents, where he received his education at Scales Academy and then at the Geelong Grammar School. He learned his trade in printing and writing and returned to New Zealand in 1863, where he took up roles with the Christchurch newspapers Canterbury Standard (owned by Joseph Brittan), the Lyttelton Times, and then The Press.[1] He moved to Ngāruawāhia in 1872,[2] where he set up the Waikato Times,[3] selling it when he moved to Oamuru in 1877.[4]
He represented the Waitaki electorate from 1880 to 1881, when he retired.[5] He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1895, until he died in 1920.[5]
References
- ↑ Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. pp. 442f. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ Latta, A. M. (1980). Meeting of the Waters. Ngaruawahia Lions Club.
- ↑ "Newspapers | Explore | Waikato Times". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ↑ "The Hon. George Jones | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- 1 2 Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. pp. 156, 209. OCLC 154283103.
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| Preceded by Thomas William Hislop |
Member of Parliament for Waitaki 1880–1881 Served alongside: Samuel Shrimski |
Succeeded by Thomas Young Duncan |