Charles John Taylor
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1853–1855 | 1st | Southern Division | Independent | |
| 1855–1858 | 2nd | Southern Division | Independent | |
| 1861–1865 | 3rd | Raglan | Independent | |
Charles John Taylor (1826–1897) was a New Zealand politician.
He was the second son of General Taylor (1790-1868)[1] of West Tamaki.[2] Charles was a judge in India, before buying land in the Auckland area[3] and a director of The Bank of New Zealand, of which his brother, Allan Kerr Taylor, was auditor[4]
Charles John Taylor had two brothers and one half brother who lived in Auckland: The names of their properties later became the names of the suburbs - Charles John Taylor at Glen Orchard (now St Heliers), William Innes Taylor at Glen Innes, and Richard James Taylor at Glen Dowie.
The half brother Allan Kerr Taylor lived in Mount Albert in a house called Alberton; it is possibly to differentiate themselves from the main part of the family that the Mt Albert Talyors adopted Allan's middle name as part of their surname - becoming the Kerr Taylors or Kerr-Taylors. This may well have simply grown out of the social conventions of the period.
Charles John Taylor served in the 1st New Zealand Parliament and the 2nd New Zealand Parliament as representative for the Southern Division; (consisting of the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, and East Cape regions). He resigned on 13 April 1858.[5] From the 1861 election, he served in the 3rd New Zealand Parliament as representative for the Raglan electorate. He resigned from Raglan before the end of that term on 1 April 1865.[5]
His election statement for the 1861 election read, "Having always held opinions opposed to a centralising policy, I should vote for the repeal of the "New Provinces Act.” I am prepared to unite with the other representatives of this province in obtaining a sweeping reduction in the expenditure now lavished on an overgrown and daily increasing official staff, and to act in concert with those gentlemen that Auckland may hold the prominent position due to her in the government of the colony."[6] In that election he defeated Theodore Haultain.[7]
He represented the Southern Division electorate on the 3rd Auckland Provincial Council from 26 October 1860 to 12 September 1861.[8] He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 31 March 1869. His membership lapsed on 26 July 1878 through absence,[9] when he and his family went to live in England.[3]
Notes
- ↑ "Death Of General Taylor.". Daily Southern Cross. 1868-07-03. p. 7. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ↑ "Death Of An Old Colonist.". Star. 1897-07-02. p. 2. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- 1 2 "The Hon. Charles John Taylor in The Cyclopedia of New Zealand 1902". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ↑ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Taylor, Allan Kerr". www.teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 143.
- ↑ "Auckland.". Colonist. 1861-01-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ↑ "House Of Representatives, 1861.". Lyttelton Times. 1861-03-13. p. 4. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 186.
- ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 86.
References
- Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
| New Zealand Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Raglan 1861–1865 |
Succeeded by William Thorne Buckland |