William Wood (politician, born 1827)

William Wood (1827 – 30 August 1884) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician.

William Wood

Biography

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1866–1870	4th	Invercargill			Independent
1876–1878	6th	Mataura			Independent

He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from 1866 to 1870, when he retired, and then the Mataura electorate from 1876 to 1878, when he resigned.^[1]

He was the third and last Superintendent of the Southland Province in 1869–1870.^[2] He was the first Mayor of Invercargill in 1871–1873.^[3]

He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1878 until his death in 1884.^[4]

References

1. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
2. "Provinces 1848-77". Rulers.org. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
3. "Mayors down the years". Invercargill City Council. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
4. Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 88.

Political offices
Preceded by John Parkin Taylor	Superintendent of Southland Province 1869–1870	Reunited with Otago Province
First	Mayor of Invercargill 1871–1873	Succeeded by George Lumsden
New Zealand Parliament
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Invercargill 1866–1870	Succeeded by William Henderson Calder
Preceded by Dillon Bell	Member of Parliament for Mataura 1876–1878	Succeeded by James Shanks