James Horn | |
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Member of the
New Zealand Parliament for Wakatipu | |
In office 1919–1928 | |
Preceded by | William Fraser |
Personal details | |
Born | Banffshire, Scotland | 5 February 1855
Died | 11 December 1932 Dunedin, New Zealand | (aged 77)
Political party | Liberal |
James Horn (5 February 1855 – 11 December 1932) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.
Horn was born in Inverkethney, Banffshire, Scotland and came to Otago in 1879. He was a storekeeper at Bannockburn, Otago from 1883 to 1928, when he moved to Dunedin. [1]
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1919–1922 | 20th | Wakatipu | Liberal | ||
1922–1925 | 21st | Wakatipu | Liberal | ||
1925–1928 | 22nd | Wakatipu | Liberal | ||
1928 | Changed allegiance to: | United |
He won the Wakatipu electorate in the 1919 general election, and held it to 1928, when he retired. [2] In parliament he supported construction of the Otago Central Railway to Clyde and then Cromwell, and the breaking-up of large estates. [1] A bridge on what is now State Highway 6 over the Clutha River at Albert Town opened in 1930 and was named James Horn Bridge. [3]
From 1920 until 1925 he was the Liberal Party's junior whip. [4]