About Henry Driver
Lived 1831 – 1893 (aged 61–62). Henry Driver was a New Zealand politician.
Henry Driver (1831–23 Jan 1893) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.
He was born in the United States, but as a young man emigrated to Victoria, Australia. When the Otago gold rush began in 1861 he established himself as a merchant in Dunedin. Later he joined with John Maclean to form Driver, Maclean & Co., auctioneers.
He represented the Roslyn electorate from to 1871, when he resigned, and from to 1881. He then represented the Hokonui electorate from to 1884, when he retired.
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New Zealand politician (1831–1893)
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Henry Driver was born in 1831.
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Henry Driver died in 1893.
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Henry Driver was a politician.
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MLA: "Henry Driver." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/henry-driver/.
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