John Bacot
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1853–1855 | 1st | Pensioner Settlements | Independent |
John Thomas Watson Bacot (1821–1888) was a New Zealand politician in the Auckland Region.
Biography[]
Bacot arrived in New Zealand in June 1848 to take up a position as Medical Officer to the Pensioner Settlements, having previously served as an Assistant Surveyor in the British army in India. He retired to England in 1858.
He was a member of New Zealand's 1st Parliament, representing the Pensioner Settlements from 1853 to 1855, when he was defeated.[1]
The Pensioner Settlements electorate consisted of the Auckland suburbs of Howick, Onehunga, Otahuhu, and Panmure.
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Categories:
- 1821 births
- 1888 deaths
- New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1855 New Zealand general election
- 19th-century New Zealand politicians
- New Zealand politician stubs