John William Williams

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John William Williams (6 April 1827 – 27 April 1904) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Northland, New Zealand.

Williams was born in Paihia on 6 April 1827. He was one of the sons of Marianne Williams and the pioneering New Zealand missionary Archdeacon Henry Williams.{{cite news | work=Hawke's Bay Herald | date=28 April 1904| page=2 | title= On the Fourth Page| url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HBH19040428.2.10| volume=XXXIX| issue=12743}}

Williams was elected to represent the Bay of Islands electorate in the Auckland Provincial Council from 23 Jan 1863 to 13 Sep 1865.{{cite book |author-link = Guy Scholefield | last = Scholefield | first= Guy | title = New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 | edition = 3rd |orig-date=First published in 1913 | year = 1950 |publisher = Govt. Printer |location = Wellington | page = 186}} He represented the {{NZ electorate link|Mongonui and Bay of Islands}} electorate in the House of Representatives from {{By-election link year|Mongonui and Bay of Islands|1873}} to 1879, when he was defeated.{{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=246}}

He married Sarah Busby (1835–1913), daughter of James Busby. They had 11 children including Agnes Williams, the politician Kenneth Williams, and the lawyer and cricket administrator Heathcote Williams.

He died at his residence in Napier's Cameron Road on 27 April 1904.{{cite news |title=Death |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAST19040428.2.6 |access-date=31 January 2017 |work=Hastings Standard |volume=VIII |issue=4216 |date=28 April 1904 |page=2}}