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New Zealand politician

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1853–1855 1st Pensioner Settlements Independent

John Thomas Watson Bacot (1821–1888) was a New Zealand politician in the Auckland Region.

Biography

Bacot arrived in New Zealand in June 1848 to take up a position as Medical Officer to the Pensioner Settlements, having previously served as an Assistant Surveyor in the British army in India. He retired to England in 1858.

He was a member of New Zealand's 1st Parliament, representing the Pensioner Settlements from 1853 to 1855, when he was defeated.

The Pensioner Settlements electorate consisted of the Auckland suburbs of Howick, Onehunga, Ōtāhuhu, and Panmure.

References

  1. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 181. OCLC 154283103.
New Zealand Parliament
New constituency Member of Parliament for Pensioner Settlements
1853–1855
Served alongside: Joseph Greenwood
Succeeded byJohn Williamson


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