Hugh Lusk

Hugh Hart Lusk (1837 – 8 September 1926)[1] was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Auckland Region in New Zealand.

For the New Zealand cricketer, see Hugh Lusk (cricketer).

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1876–1878	6th	Franklin		Independent

A barrister and solicitor, he represented the Franklin electorate from 18 January 1876 to 16 April 1878, when he resigned.[2]

Works

Lusk wrote under the pseudonym Owen Hall. His works include:

• The Track of a Storm (1895) a convict novel
• Eureka (1899), one of the earliest Australian science-fiction novels,
• Jetsam (1897)
• Hernando (1902)

Under his own name, Lusk wrote books on social welfare in New Zealand and compiled History of Australia for Schools (Sydney, 1891).

References

1. Auckland Star, 8 September 1926, p. 8.
2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 213. OCLC 154283103.

External links

• Works by or about Hugh Lusk at Internet Archive
• Read Chapter 1 of Eureka from the Lost Worlds Australia Anthology.