Alfred Saunders

New Zealand politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroNew Zealand politician
PlacesNew Zealand
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth12 June 1820
Death28 October 1905 (aged 85 years)
Star signGemini
Family
Mother:Mary Saunders
Father:Amram Saunders
Siblings:William Saunders (politician) Mary Bayley
Spouse:Rhoda Saunders
Children:Samuel Saunders Sarah Page (prohibitionist)
Positions Held
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
The details

Biography

Alfred Saunders (12 June 1820 – 28 October 1905) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician.

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
YearsTermElectorateParty
1861–18643rdWaimeaIndependent
1878–18796thCheviotIndependent
1879–18817thCheviotIndependent
1889–189010thLincolnIndependent
1890–189311thSelwynIndependent
1893–189612thSelwynIndependent

He was elected onto the Nelson Provincial Council representing Waimea South in 1855 and remained a councillor until his election of Superintendent for the Nelson Province from 1865 to 1867. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Waimea in 1861, and he resigned from this seat in 1864. He then represented Cheviot from 1878 to 1881 when he was defeated. He contested the 1888 by-election in the Ashley electorate and was defeated by John Verrall by just two votes. From 1889 to 1890 he represented the Lincoln electorate and from 1890 to 1896 he represented Selwyn, being defeated at the general election of 1896 for the latter constituency.

Saunders' gravestone at Linwood Cemetery

He supported the Temperance Union petition in favour of woman's suffrage to Parliament in 1891. He had ten children, including Sarah Page.

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