Henry Dodson

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Henry Dodson

Henry Dodson (21 April 1828 – 8 May 1892) was a brewer and a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Marlborough, New Zealand.

Biography[]

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1881–1884 8th Wairau Independent
1884–1887 9th Wairau Independent
1887–1890 10th Wairau Independent


Dodson was born in 1828 near Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England.[1] His father, Joseph Dodson, was an officer in the British Army. His mother was Isabella Dodson (née Reid).[2]

As a youth, he emigrated to Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, to join a brother. Together, they went to Victoria, Australia and joined the Victorian gold rush. After that, he came to Nelson, New Zealand and joined his brother Joseph Dodson in his brewery business.[1] He married Emma Snow (born 6 January 1830) on 10 December 1857 at Nelson.[3] He came to Blenheim in the late 1850s and set up a brewery in that town.[1]

Dodson was a member of the Marlborough Provincial Council for three different electorates from 1860–1863, 1866–1870, and 1874–1875.[2] In the provincial council, he was the head of the Blenheim party for many years, and they quarrelled against the Picton party.[2] He was Mayor of Blenheim for four one-year terms (1870–1871 and 1883–1884). He represented the Wairau electorate from 1881 to 1890, when he retired.[4] In 1881, he beat the incumbent, Arthur Seymour.[5] He was challenged by Joseph Ward in 1884.[6] In the 1887 election, he was challenged by a former Mayor of Blenheim, , and Sutherland John Macalister.[7][8]

His wife died in June 1883.[9] He died on 8 May 1892 at his home in Blenheim, New Zealand after a sudden illness and was survived by seven children.[1] He was buried at the Omaka Cemetery in his brother George's family plot in the Old Cemetery section.[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Obituary". The Marlborough Express. XXVIII (109). 9 May 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 213. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Married". Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle. XVI. 12 December 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 193. OCLC 154283103.
  5. ^ Cooper, G. S. (1882). Votes Recorded for Each Candidate. Government Printer. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  6. ^ Cooper, G. S. (1884). The General Election, 1884. National Library. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  7. ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1906). "Mr. Sutherland John Maclister[sic]". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts. Christchurch. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  8. ^ Cooper, G. S. (1887). The General Election, 1887. National Library. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  9. ^ "The Marlborough Express". XIX (141). 30 June 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Cemetery Records Search - Marlborough District Council". Marlborough.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  11. ^ "The Marlborough Express". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. XXVIII (109). 9 May 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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