Arthur Robert Oliver

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Arthur Robert Oliver (born 1829/30) was a New Zealand politician and a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.

He was born in London, the son of Thomas Oliver. He was admitted to Wadham College, Oxford in 1848, aged 18. He subsequently emigrated to New Zealand.{{cite book |last1=Wadham College |title=The Registers of Wadham College, Oxford. From 1613 to 1719 (1719 to 1871) |date=1895 |publisher=G. Bell and Sons |page=451 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBQOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA451 |language=en}}

He represented the Waimea electorate from {{NZ election link year|1866}} to 1867, when he resigned.{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-date= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 |page=224}} In 1882 he took a B.A. and M.A. from St Mary Hall, Oxford.{{alox2|title=Oliver, Arthur Robert}}