Arthur Atkinson (politician, born 1833)

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Arthur Samuel Atkinson in 1860

Arthur Samuel Atkinson (20 October 1833 – 10 December 1902) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Taranaki Region, New Zealand.

Biography[edit]

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1866–1867 4th Omata Independent

He represented the Omata electorate from the 1866 election to 1867, when he resigned.[1]

He had not been elected for Omata in the 1865 by-election.

He was a brother of Premier Harry Atkinson, and part of the Richmond–Atkinson family.[2] He married Jane Maria Richmond in 1854.

He later moved to Nelson, and became a lawyer. He studied Māori people, languages and natural sciences. He died at Fairfield, the house that he had built in 1872.[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 181. OCLC 154283103.
  2. ^ a b Porter, Frances. "Atkinson, Arthur Samuel". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Fairfield House". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Omata
1866–1867
Succeeded by