Henry Okey

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
19071908 16th Taranaki Independent
19081909 17th Taranaki Independent
19091911 Changed allegiance to: Reform
19111914 18th Taranaki Reform
19141918 18th Taranaki Reform

Henry James Hobbs Okey (1857 – 13 September 1918) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Okey was born in New Plymouth in 1857.[1] He won the Taranaki electorate in a 1907 by-election, and held it until 1918, when he died.[2] He was buried in Te Henui Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. "Obituary: Mr. H. J. Okey, M.P.". Evening Post. 13 September 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 130.
  3. "Cemetery search". New Plymouth District Council. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Edward Metcalf Smith
Member of Parliament for Taranaki
19071918
Succeeded by
Sydney George Smith


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