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John Grigg (New Zealand politician)

John Grigg (New Zealand politician)

New Zealand politician

John Grigg (21 April 1828 – 5 November 1901) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.

John Grigg Statue in Baring Square, Ashburton
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Grigg was born in Bodbrane, Cornwall, England, on 21 April 1828[1] and baptised in the nearby Duloe two days later.[2]

He briefly represented the Wakanui electorate from 23 July 1884 to 4 June 1885, when he resigned.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 332. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. [2]
    Lawrence, Morag. "Grigg, John". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. [3]
    Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 201. OCLC 154283103.


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