John Blair Whyte

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate
1879–1881	7th	Waikato	Independent
1881–1884	8th	Waikato	Independent
1884–1887	9th	Waikato	Independent
1887–1890	10th	Waikato	Independent

John Blair Whyte (1840 – 21 July 1914) was a Member of Parliament and Mayor in the Waikato Region of New Zealand.

He was the Mayor of Hamilton from December 1878 to December 1879, when he resigned. From 1879 he represented the Waikato electorate, until his retirement in 1890.^[1] He was then a member of the Legislative Council from 1891 to 1897, when he resigned.^[1] He was appointed from 22 January 1891 as one of seven new members (including Harry Atkinson himself) appointed to the Council by the outgoing fourth Atkinson Ministry; a move regarded by Liberals as a stacking of the upper house against the new government.

References

^ ^a ^b Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. pp. 166, 245. OCLC 154283103.

Political offices
Preceded by Isaac Richardson Vialou	Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand 1878–1879	Succeeded by Thomas Dawson
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Frederick Whitaker	Member of Parliament for Waikato 1879–1890	Succeeded by John Bryce

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[Wilson-1] Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. pp. 166, 245. OCLC 154283103.

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