About James Temple Fisher
Lived 1828 – 1905 (aged 76–77). James Temple Fisher was a New Zealand politician.
James Temple Fisher (1828 – 3 January 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Canterbury, New Zealand.
Fisher arrived in New Zealand on the Charlotte Jane, one of the First Four Ships.
He represented the Heathcote electorate from 1876 to 1881, when he was defeated.
He was Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs in the Grey Ministry, from 15 October 1877 to 8 October 1879.
He died on 3 January 1905 at his home in south Colombo Street in the Heathcote district. He is buried at Barbadoes Street Cemetery.
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New Zealand politician (1828–1905)
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James Temple Fisher was born in 1828.
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James Temple Fisher died in 1905 in Christchurch.
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James Temple Fisher was a politician.
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