John Blair Whyte

John Blair Whyte (1840 – 21 July 1914) was a Member of Parliament and Mayor in the Waikato region of New Zealand.

Political career

Whyte began his political career in 1877, when he became a member of the first Waikato County Council. Subsequently, he was the mayor of Hamilton from December 1878 to December 1879, when he resigned.

In September 1879, Whyte was elected to the New Zealand Parliament, where he represented Waikato. When he was elected, he claimed to be politically independent and supportive of the liberal policies of George Grey and his Ministry, which was defeated in the same election. Whyte retired from parliament in October 1890.

In 1874, Whyte married Annie MacGregor Hay. The couple had at least three children, one of whom was Kenneth Whyte, who was born in 1882 and died in March 1884 in Hamilton.