John Karslake Karslake
John Karslake Karslake (died 21 June 1872) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Canterbury region of New Zealand.
Private life[edit]
Karslake arrived in Lyttelton on the Gananoque on 9 May 1860. The ship had sailed from London.[1] In 1861, Karslake was living in the Cheviot district.[2]
In about 1863, Karslake and Thomas Anson bought the Waireka run in the Malvern district.[3] The business partners bought Run 210 in February 1868, and about 1870 the two bought the adjacent Run 277. The combined run became known as the Torlesse Station, named after nearby Mount Torlesse, inland from Springfield.
He was the brother or nephew of John Burgess Karslake.[4]
Member of Parliament[edit]
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871–72 | 5th | Coleridge | Independent | ||
In the 1871 general election, Karslake and George Hart contested the Coleridge electorate.[5] Both men had no prior political experience.[6] Karslake and Hart received 35 and 27 votes, respectively. Karslake was thus returned.[7] He resigned on 12 April 1872 to return to England.[8]
Death[edit]
Karslake died on the voyage home on 21 June 1872 by drowning.[4][9]
References[edit]
- ^ "GANANOQUE". Yesteryear. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "List of Persons claiming to have their Names placed on the electoral Roll". Lyttelton Times. Vol. XV, no. 878. 10 April 1861. p. 6. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Obituary". The Star. No. 4977. 15 June 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b Acland, Leopold G. D. (1946). "Mt. Torlesse". The Early Canterbury Runs: Containing the First, Second and Third (new) Series. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited. p. 233. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Local and General". The Star. No. 826. 19 January 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "The General Elections". Otago Witness. No. 999. 21 January 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Thursday, February 9, 1871". Daily Southern Cross. Vol. XXVII, no. 4209. 9 February 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 209. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "Monday, September 9, 1872". The Evening Post. Vol. VIII, no. 188. 9 September 1872. p. 2. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.