Francis Jollie

Francis Jollie (1815 – 30 November 1870) was a politician in New Zealand.

Francis Jollie

Biography

Early life and career

Jollie was born in 1815. The family was from Brampton, Carlisle, England. His father was the Reverend Francis Jollie, and he was the oldest son; the fourth son was Edward Jollie.[1]

He was one of the earliest settlers in the country, having arrived in 1842 as the agent of the New Zealand Company.[2] He arrived in Nelson on the ship Fifeshire, where he farmed on fifty acres of land he had purchased at Wakapuaka, and called his property 'Thackwood'.[3] He was followed to New Zealand by his younger brother Edward. In August 1853, Francis Jollie was one of the three candidates in the inaugural election for the superintendency of Nelson Province.[4] Jollie came last, and Edward Stafford was successful.[5]

Later in 1853, Jollie moved to Peel Forest in Canterbury, where he would live for the rest of his life.[1] He named the forest after Sir Robert Peel, the British Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who had died in 1850, the year that Canterbury was founded. The adjacent mountain also took Peel's name.[6]

In June 1854 Jollie was nominated for two by-elections in the Nelson area. In the 1854 by-election for Waimea Jollie came second in the poll, held on 21 June. In the 1854 by-election for the Town of Nelson electorate held on 19 June. Jollie was one of the nominees, and both he and the other candidate Samuel Stephens were absent. Stephens won the by-election on a show of hands at the nomination meeting, as Jollie's supporters did not request an election.[7]

In 1858, Jollie returned to England for some time. Upon coming back to New Zealand on the Clontarf,[8] he briefly lived near Christchurch.[9] He married Jane Cooper on 28 May 1859 at Riccarton Church, Christchurch.[10]

Member of Parliament

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1861–1866	3rd	Timaru		Independent
1866–1870	4th	Gladstone		Independent

He was the Member of Parliament for Timaru from 1861 to 1866 and then Gladstone from 1866 to 1870, when he died.[11] He was a cabinet minister, as Colonial Treasurer (now called Minister of Finance) in the second Stafford Ministry from 1866 to 1869.[12] It was understood that he did not intend to stand in the 1871 general election.[13]

Death

He died on 30 November 1870 at his residence at Peel Forest aged 55.[9][14]

Notes

1. McLintock, A. H., ed. (22 April 2009) [1966]. "Jollie, Francis". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
2. "Francis Jollie". rootsweb. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
3. Holm 2005, p. 30–34.
4. "Election of Superintendent". The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle. XII (593). 16 July 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
5. "Election of Superintendent". The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle. XII (596). 6 August 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
6. Reed 2010, p. 310.
7. "The Elections". Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle. XIII. 24 June 1854. p. 4. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
8. "Shipping news". Lyttelton Times. XI (644). 8 January 1859. p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
9. "Death of Mr Francis Jollie". The Timaru Herald. XIII. 3 December 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
10. "Married". Lyttelton Times. XI (685). 1 June 1859. p. 4. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
11. Wilson 1985, p. 208.
12. Wilson 1985, p. 63.
13. "Town and Country". Lyttelton Times. XXXIV (3084). 29 November 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
14. "Death". Lyttelton Times. XXXIV (3088). 3 December 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

References

• Holm, Janet (2005). Caught Mapping: The Life and Times of New Zealand's Early Surveyors. Christchurch: Hazard Press. ISBN 1-877270-86-5.
• Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. ISBN 9780143204107.
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.