John Bevan

John Bevan (1837 – 16 July 1911) was a 19th-century member of the House of Representatives. He was an auctioneer and merchant from Hokitika on the West Coast of New Zealand.

Early life and commercial career Bevan was born in Jersey on the Channel Islands in 1837 into a Welsh family. He received his education at Jersey Grammar School and emigrated to Victoria in Australia in 1857 before moving to Hokitika in New Zealand in circa 1865. He remained in Hokitika for the rest of his life. He represented the Hokitika electorate until 1887, when he was defeated by Joseph Grimmond 830 votes to 610.

Freemasonry Bevan was a District Grand Master of Freemasons in Westland.

Family and death On 7 May 1900, Bevan married the widow Anne Clery ( Handley) at All Saints' Church. Bevan suffered a long and serious illness in 1909 and never fully recovered from it. He died at Hokitika on 16 July 1911 aged 74. and two stepchildren. Anne Bevan died in Dunedin in 1928.