Edward Richardson
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Edward Richardson was a New Zealand civil and mechanical engineer, and Member of Parliament. Born in England, he emigrated to Australia and continued there as a railway engineer. Having become a partn
Edward Richardson, c. 1894
Lyttelton portal of the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel with construction workers in 1867
Richardson's tunnel allowed passage between Lyttelton Harbour and the Canterbury Plains (top)
Richardson's residence, The Hollies, in 2011
Samuel Paull Andrews
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Samuel Paull Andrews was a 19th-century politician in Christchurch, New Zealand. Originally from the Isle of Wight, he was the first working class man to become a Member of Parliament in his chosen co
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…third) and was thus returned. He came fourth in the September 1879 election for the three-member Christchurch electorate (George Grey came first, and Samuel Paull Andrews and Edward Stevens came second with equal numbers of votes, and only 23 votes ahead of Richardson). He petitioned against George Grey's return on…
Samuel Paull Andrews, circa 1875