Jackson Palmer

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jackson Palmer

| image = Jackson Palmer.jpg

| caption = Palmer in 1902.

| birth_date = 1867

| birth_place = Belfast, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and given age|1919|8|13|52|df=yes}}

| death_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| resting_place = Karori Cemetery

| constituency_MP = Waitemata

| parliament = New Zealand

| term_start = 1890

| term_end = 1893

| predecessor = Richard Monk

| successor = Richard Monk

| constituency_MP1 = Ohinemuri

| parliament1 = New Zealand

| term_start1 = 1899

| term_end1 = 1902

| predecessor1 = Alfred Cadman

| successor1 = Edward Moss

| party = Independent Liberal

| occupation = Politician, lawyer and judge

}}

Jackson Palmer (1867 – 13 August 1919) was the Member of Parliament for Waitemata and Ohinemuri, in the North Island of New Zealand.

Early life

Born in Belfast, Ireland, Palmer came to New Zealand as an infant. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and was a lawyer at Paeroa.{{cite book |title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District |year=1902 |url= https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d5-d9.html#name-101488-mention |publisher=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand |author=Cyclopedia Company Limited |access-date= 18 April 2012 |location=Christchurch |chapter=Paeroa|page=838}} Later, Jackson Palmer was chief judge of the Native Land Court.A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Edited by G.H. Scholefield, Vol. 2, page 146, 1940, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington

Member of Parliament

{{NZ parlbox

|start = {{NZ election link year|1890}}

|end = 1893

|term = 11th

|electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Waitemata}}

|party = Independent Liberal

}}

{{NZ parlbox

|start = {{NZ election link year|1899}}

|end = 1902

|term = 14th

|electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Ohinemuri}}

|party = Independent Liberal

}}

In {{NZ election link year|1887}} Palmer stood for Parliament unsuccessfully in the {{NZ electorate link|Rodney}} electorate.{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1887 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1887-II.2.1.9.13 |publisher=National Library |access-date=25 February 2012 |pages=1–4 |year=1887}} He then represented the {{NZ electorate link|Waitemata}} ({{NZ election link year|1890}}–1893) and {{NZ electorate link|Ohinemuri}} ({{NZ election link year|1899}}–1902) electorates in the New Zealand House of Representatives.{{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=225}} In-between he unsuccessfully contested a by-election for the Waitemata seat in 1894, which was won by future Prime Minister William Massey.{{cite news |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THA18940413.2.10 |work=Thames Adviser |title=Waitemata Election |page=2 |volume=XXVI |issue=7794 |date=13 April 1894 |access-date=7 April 2016}}

For his entire political career Palmer was an Independent Liberal.NZPD, Vol. 70, pp.29–30, 28 January 1891; Wilson, p.225 & Hamer, p.365 He declined the Premier John Ballance's invitation to join the Council of the Liberal Federation in 1891.Palmer's letter to John Ballance, Ballance Papers, Folder 12, 23 November 1891

Palmer died in Wellington on 13 August 1919,{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DOM19190816.2.2.3 | title=Deaths | date=16 August 1919 | work=The Dominion |access-date=22 January 2016 | page=1}} and was buried at Karori Cemetery.{{Cite web|date=12 July 2012|title=Cemeteries Search|url=https://wellington.govt.nz/cemeteries/cemetery-search-and-plot-locater/details?id=66197&serviceType=Burial&previousPage=%2fcemeteries%2fcemetery-search-and-plot-locater%2fresults%3fserviceType%3dAll%26firstNames%3dJackson%26lastName%3dPalmer%26fromDate%3d01%252f01%252f1840%26toDate%3d06%252f08%252f2021%26cemetery%3dKarori|access-date=2021-08-05|publisher=Wellington City Council|language=en-NZ}}

References

{{Cite book |last=Hamer |first=David A. |author-link=D. A. Hamer |title=The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power, 1891–1912 |year=1988 |place=Auckland |publisher=Auckland University Press |isbn=1-86940-014-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newzealandlibera0000hame }}

{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Waitemata|years=1890–1893}}

{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Ohinemuri|years=1899–1902}}

Category:1867 births

Category:1919 deaths

Category:Independent MPs of New Zealand

Category:Māori Land Court judges

Category:19th-century New Zealand judges

Category:Irish emigrants to New Zealand

Category:University of Auckland alumni

Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives

Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1893 New Zealand general election

Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 1902 New Zealand general election