John McLeod (New Zealand politician)

John McLeod
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mongonui and Bay of Islands
In office February 1871 – 1873
Majority	68 (21.38%)[1]
Personal details
Born	1825
Died	18 September 1883 (aged 58) Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1871–1873	5th	Mongonui and Bay of Islands			Independent

John McLeod (1825 – 18 September 1883) was a provincial and national politician in New Zealand. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for half a term from 1871 to 1873.

McLeod was born in 1825 and came with his parents from Sydney to the Bay of Islands in Northland, New Zealand, in 1839.[2]

He was a member of the Auckland Provincial Council for eight years, representing the Northern District from 1865 to 1869, then the Bay of Islands from 1870 to 1873.[2] He was elected to Parliament for the Mongonui and Bay of Islands electorate in the 1871 general election. He resigned from Parliament in 1873,[3] to go to Nova Scotia as a Wellington provincial immigration officer.[2] His resignation led to the 1873 Mongonui and Bay of Islands by-election, which was won by John William Williams.[4]

McLeod died in Auckland on 18 September 1883, aged 58.[2][5]

References

1. "Election for the Bay of Islands". Auckland Star. Vol. II, no. 345. 16 February 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
2. Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda (PDF). Vol. II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. pp. 37f. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
3. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 217. OCLC 154283103.
4. "Auckland". The Evening Post. Vol. IX, no. 147. 5 August 1873. p. 2.
5. "Death". Auckland Star. Vol. XXI, no. 4122. 20 September 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

New Zealand Parliament
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Mongonui and Bay of Islands 1871–1873	Succeeded by John William Williams