John Richard Jones
John Richard Jones (died 4 May 1911) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.
| New Zealand Parliament | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1862–1863 | 3rd | Hampden | Independent | |
Jones was the eldest son of Johnny Jones, a ship owner from Sydney and one of the earliest pioneers in Otago, where he bought a whaling station near Waikouaiti in 1838.[1] On 23 October 1855, Jones Jr. married Mary Orbell, the fourth daughter of John Orbell of Hawkesbury.[2]
Jones represented the Hampden electorate from 1862 to 1863, when he resigned.[3] He died on 4 May 1911.[4]
Notes
- Scholefield 1940, pp. 442–444.
- "1855 BDMs from the Otago Witness". Rootsweb. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- Wilson 1985, p. 209.
- Scholefield 1940, p. 444.
References
- Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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