George Jones (New Zealand politician)

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1880–1881	7th	Waitaki		Independent

George Jones (1844 – 16 December 1920) was a 19th-century member of parliament in Otago, New Zealand.

Jones was born in Upper Hutt in 1844. He went to Australia with his parents, where he received his education at Scales Academy and then at the Geelong Grammar School. He learned his trade in printing and writing and returned to New Zealand in 1863, where he took up roles with the Christchurch newspapers Canterbury Standard (owned by Joseph Brittan), the Lyttelton Times, and then The Press.^[1]

He represented the Waitaki electorate from 1880 to 1881, when he retired.^[2] He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1895, until he died in 1920.^[2]

References

1. Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF) I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. pp. 442f. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. pp. 156, 209. OCLC 154283103.