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 byWilliam Fraser
Personal details
Born(1855-02-05)5 February 1855
Banffshire, Scotland
Died11 December 1932(1932-12-11) (aged 77)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Political partyLiberal

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.

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
William Fraser		 Member of Parliament for Wakatipu
1919–1928		 Constituency abolished


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