James Bennet (politician)

James Bennet (1830 – 3 May 1908) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1899–1902 14th Tuapeka Liberal
1902–1905 15th Tuapeka Liberal
1905–1908 16th Tuapeka Liberal

Bennet was born in Forfarshire, Scotland.[1]

Bennet stood in the Tuapeka electorate in the 1887 election and was beaten by the incumbent, James Clark Brown.[2] He represented Tuapeka electorate from 1899 to 1908, when he died.[3]

Further reading
  • The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power, 1891–1912 by David Hamer (Auckland University Press, 1988) ISBN 1-86940-014-3
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References
  1. Scholefield, Guy Hardy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 65. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  2. "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  3. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 183. OCLC 154283103.


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