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John Bevan (politician)

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Bevan belonged to many organisations. He was a longstanding member of the Westland Board of Education and for some time was the board's chairman. He was a member of the High School Board. He was a member of the Westland Land Board and got voted onto the
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by the time he was elected in 1881 and remained a North Island resident. Bevan had a 4 percentage point margin over Fitzgerald, with Clarke coming a distant third. He represented the Hokitika electorate until 1887, when he was defeated by
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in New Zealand in circa 1865. He entered a partnership with Michael Pollock and they traded as auctioneers and merchants under the banner of Pollock and Bevan in Hokitika's Revell Street. He remained in Hokitika for the rest of his life.
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on 16 July 1911 aged 74. He was survived by his wife Anne and two stepchildren. His funeral at Hokitika Cemetery was an Anglican service with Masonic ceremony, largely attended by Freemasons from throughout Westland. Anne Bevan died in
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in 1837 into a Welsh family. He received his education at Jersey Grammar School and emigrated to
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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts
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Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zealand general election
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Cyclopedia Company Limited (1906). "Mr. Michael Pollock".
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On 7 May 1900, Bevan married the widow Anne Clery (
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Index

JP
New Zealand Parliament
Hokitika
Gerard George Fitzgerald
Joseph Grimmond
Jersey
Channel Islands
Hokitika
JP
House of Representatives
Hokitika
West Coast
Jersey
Channel Islands
Victoria
Hokitika
New Zealand Parliament
1884
9th
Hokitika
Independent
Hokitika Borough Council
1884 election
Hokitika
Gerard George Fitzgerald
James FitzGerald
Wanganui
Joseph Grimmond
Grand Master
Freemasons

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