James Edward FitzGerald was a New Zealand politician. According to some historians, he should be considered the country's first premier, although a more conventional view is that neither he nor his su
James Edward Fitzgerald c. 1890
Statue of FitzGerald, Cashel St, Christchurch
Oriental Bay, Wellington showing FitzGerald's house on top of the hill
Henry John Tancred was a New Zealand politician.
James FitzGerald (New Zealand politician)
…Superintendent of the Canterbury Province; Fitzgerald was part of that deputation. Godley declined, and in July 1853, FitzGerald, Colonel James Campbell and Henry Tancred contested the election. They received 136, 94 and 89 votes, respectively. Campbell protested about the election, as the returning officer had indicated…
Tancred, c. 1882