William Wood (politician, born 1827)

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He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from {{NZ election link year|1866}} to 1870, when he retired, and then the Mataura electorate from 1876 to 1878, when he resigned.{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103 }}

He was the third and last Superintendent of the Southland Province in 1869–1870.{{cite web |title=Provinces 1848-77 |url= http://rulers.org/newzprov.html |publisher=Rulers.org |access-date=20 October 2010}} He was the first Mayor of Invercargill in 1871–1873.{{cite web | title=Mayors down the years | url= http://www.icc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/MayorsDownTheYears.aspx | publisher=Invercargill City Council | access-date=18 October 2010}}

He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1878 until his death in 1884.{{cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |author-link=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher=Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |page=88}}

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Category:1827 births

Category:1884 deaths

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