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Twice, in 1943 and 1969, by-elections were avoided after the deaths in election years of Paraire Karaka Paikea and Ralph Hanan by passing special acts, the By-election Postponement Act 1943 and the By-election Postponement Act 1969. When a death occurs close enough to a general election, the seat is left vacant, to be filled again at the ...
Captain Henry Cain statue in Timaru Captain Henry Cain (1816 – 29 January 1886) was the second Mayor of Timaru . He was at sea from age 13 and was one of Timaru's first settlers, where he lived for his last 30 years.
Many years later, he developed a debilitating paralysis. He died at his home, "Southerndown", on 30 October 1903 aged 64, and was buried at Timaru Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, five daughters and one son. One daughter had died before him. [2] [24] [25] In its obituary, The Timaru Herald described his exploration in the Southern Alps thus:
The Timaru Herald is a daily provincial newspaper serving the Timaru, South Canterbury and North Otago districts of New Zealand. The current audited daily circulation is about 14,500 copies, with a readership of about 31,000 people. The paper is owned by media company Stuff Ltd.
When he died in Timaru on 29 October 2017, Green was the last surviving member of the playing XV from that match. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Born on 1 September 1927, [ 3 ] Green was the son of Daisy Green (née Aitchison) and Richard Corbett Cooper Green, [ 4 ] whose father Isaac Green served four terms as mayor of North East Valley in Dunedin . [ 5 ]
Anderson said the children's deaths were an isolated incident and that Police were not seeking anyone else. [21] [23] On 18 September, Dickason appeared in the Timaru District Court and was later remanded to a forensic psychiatric ward at Christchurch's Hillmorton Hospital. [24] She was later placed in a hospital psychiatric unit. [15]
James Hutchinson Sutter (1818 – 13 April 1903) was a 19th-century member of parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.. He represented the Gladstone electorate from 1881 to 1887, when he retired. [1]
The by-election was triggered because of the death of sitting member of parliament Richard Turnbull. [1] The election saw William Hall-Jones win the seat over his main opponent, Edward George Kerr. Kerr had contested the 1887 election against Turnbull, [2] and was the proprietor of The Timaru Herald.