New Zealand politician (1855–1932)
James Horn (5 February 1855 – 11 December 1932) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament from Otago , New Zealand.
Biography
Early life
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]
Political career
Memorial tablet at the James Horn Bridge He won the Wakatipu electorate in the 1919 general election , and held it to 1928 , when he retired. In parliament he supported construction of the Otago Central Railway to Clyde and then Cromwell , and the breaking-up of large estates.[ 1] 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 .
Notes
^ a b Thomson, Jane, ed. (1998). Southern People: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography . Dunedin: Longacre Press. p. 235. ISBN 1-877135-11-9 ^ The James Horn Bridge . Retrieved 16 June 2018 .
References
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103 .
