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William Swanson (politician)

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1871–1875 5th Newton Independent
1875–1879 6th Newton Independent
1879–1879 7th Newton Independent
1881–1884 8th Newton Independent
William Swanson, ca 1878

William Swanson (1819 – 23 April 1903) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.

He represented the Newton electorate from 1871 to 1884, when he retired.[1] He was a minister in the Vogel Ministry, 1876 and Grey Ministry 1877–1879 as a Member of the Executive Council.[1] He was then appointed to the Legislative Council in 1885, a position he held until his death.[1]

In the 1870s he won a bet with John Sangster Macfarlane who had claimed that a certain politician would soon be in Mt Eden (gaol), and used to display the cheque for £80 which he received from Macfarlane but did not cash.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. pp. 66, 67, 165, 237. OCLC 154283103.
  2. ^ "Mr Macfarlane (page down)". Hawkes Bay Herald in Papers Past. 27 February 1880.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newton
1871–1884
Succeeded by