Augustus White

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1861–1863	3rd	Akaroa		Independent

Augustus Edward White was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

He contested the Akaroa electorate against William Sefton Moorhouse, the incumbent for the seat and Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury. White and Moorhouse received 51 and 32 votes, respectively; a majority of 19 for White, who was thus elected.^[1][2] White resigned in 1863, and Lancelot Walker won the subsequent by-election.^[3]

White's house Blythcliffe in 37 Rue Balguerie, Akaroa, is presumed to have been designed by Samuel Farr based on drawings prepared by the Australian architect John Verge. Built in 1857, it was "the grandest house of its day in Akaroa". Originally registered as Category II in 1983, its classification was later changed to Category I.^[4]

References

1. "The Elections". Daily Southern Cross XVII (1379). 1 March 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
2. "Canterbury". Wellington Independent XVI (1499). 22 February 1861. p. 5. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
3. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
4. "Blythcliffe)". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 18 June 2012.