Henry Smith Fish (15 July 1838 – 23 September 1897) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. For a time, he was a member of the Liberal Party. He was Mayor of Dunedin for a total of six years.
Political career
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881–1884 | 8th | Dunedin South | Independent | ||
| 1887–1890 | 10th | Dunedin South | Independent | ||
| 1890–1893 | 11th | City of Dunedin | Liberal | ||
| 1896–1897 | 11th | City of Dunedin | Independent | ||
He represented the Dunedin South electorate from 1881 to 1884 when he was defeated, then from 1887 to 1890. He then held one of the three seats for the City of Dunedin multi-member electorate from 1890[1] to 1893 when he was defeated, and from 1896 to 1897, when he died. He was replaced by Alexander Sligo.[2]
Fish represented liquor interests in Parliament, and was an opponent of Women's suffrage in 1890–1893 on their behalf. He paid his anti-suffragist campaigners a bounty for signatures collected, but lost credibility when some signatures were found to be fraudulent.[3]
He was the Mayor of Dunedin from 1870 to 1873 and again from 1893 to 1895.[4]
Personal life
Fish was born in Pimlico, London, in 1838. He came to Dunedin, via Australia, in about 1863. He died of throat cancer in Dunedin on 23 September 1897.[5]
References
- ^ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Women’s Suffrage, Archives New Zealand Info Sheet 4, March 2011
- ^ "Mayors of Dunedin". Otago Witness. Issue 2298, 17 March 1898. p. 62. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Sinclair, F. R. J. "Fish, Henry Smith - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
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