James Bennet (politician)

New Zealand Parliament

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

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

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

• Hamer, David A. (1988). The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power, 1891–1912. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 1-86940-014-3.

References

1. Scholefield, Guy Hardy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012. 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.