James Horn

James Horn (5 February 1855 – 11 December 1932) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.

James Horn
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wakatipu
In office 1919–1928
Preceded by	William Fraser
Personal details
Born	5 February 1855 Banffshire, Scotland
Died	11 December 1932 (aged 77) Dunedin, New Zealand
Political party	Liberal

Biography

Early life

Horn was born in Inverkethney, Banffshire, Scotland and came to Otago in 1879. He was a storekeeper at Bannockburn, Otago from 1883 to 1928, when he moved to Dunedin.[1]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1919–1922	20th	Wakatipu		Liberal
1922–1925	21st	Wakatipu		Liberal
1925–1928	22nd	Wakatipu		Liberal
1928	Changed allegiance to:			United

Memorial tablet at the James Horn Bridge

He won the Wakatipu electorate in the 1919 general election, and held it to 1928, when he retired.[2] In parliament he supported construction of the Otago Central Railway to Clyde and then Cromwell, and the breaking-up of large estates.[1] A bridge on what is now State Highway 6 over the Clutha River at Albert Town opened in 1930 and was named James Horn Bridge.[3]

From 1920 until 1925 he was the Liberal Party's junior whip.[4]

Notes

1. Thomson, Jane (editor) (1998). Southern People: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography. Dunedin: Longacre Press. p. 235. ISBN 1-877135-11-9.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 206. OCLC 154283103.
3. The James Horn Bridge (photo). Albert Town. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
4. Wilson 1985, pp. 280. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFWilson1985 (help)

References

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