John Bacot
New zealand politician
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| Intro | New zealand politician | |
| Places | New Zealand | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1821 | |
| Death | 1 January 1888 (aged 67 years) |
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John Thomas Watson Bacot (1821–1888) was a New Zealand politician in the Auckland Region.
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Bacot arrived in New Zealand in June 1848 to take up a position as Medical Officer to the Pensioner Settlements, having previously served as an Assistant Surveyor in the British army in India. He retired to England in 1858.
He was a member of New Zealand's 1st Parliament, representing the Pensioner Settlements from 1853 to 1855, when he was defeated.
The Pensioner Settlements electorate consisted of the Auckland suburbs of Howick, Onehunga, Otahuhu, and Panmure.