About William John Hurst
Lived 1829 – 1886 (aged 56–57). William John Hurst was a New Zealand politician.
William John Hurst ( – 29 September 1886) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand and Mayor of Auckland.
He was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. Hurst remained on the provincial council until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.
Hurst represented the Auckland West electorate from the 1879 election to 1881, and then the Waitemata electorate from the 1881 election to 1886 when he died.
His homestead, built in 1860, is located in 288 Hurstmere Road in Takapuna.
Hurst was ill and given leave from Parliament to travel home to England via San Francisco. He died in Folkestone, Kent, England, in 1886, aged 57
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New Zealand politician (1829–1886)
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William John Hurst was born in 1829 in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
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William John Hurst died on 29 September 1886 in Folkestone.
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