George Armstrong (New Zealand politician)

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George Armstrong (1822 – 1 September 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1866–1870 4th Akaroa Independent

He was born in St John's, Nova Scotia and first visited Banks Peninsula in command of a trading brig in the 1840s. He was in charge of the schooner Edwin Stanley during the New Zealand Wars, and was court-martialled for taking his vessel to the rescue of a settler attacked by Māori while carrying stores for troops at Wanganui. He settled in Akaroa on Banks Peninsula.[1]

He represented the Akaroa electorate on the Canterbury Provincial Council from 1861 to 1862, and the Wainui electorate from 1862 to 1863.[2]

He represented the Akaroa electorate in Parliament from 1866 to 1870 when he retired.[3] He stood for Parliament again in the 1887 election.[4] Of the six candidates, he came third.[5]

His son George Armstrong (1853–1932) was on the Akaroa Borough Council for 50 years from 1879, including nearly 30 years as mayor.[1]

References

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New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Akaroa
1866–1870		 Succeeded by
Robert Heaton Rhodes


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