Isaac Henry Manders (11 July 1829 – 5 January 1891) was a New Zealand politician who was a Member of Parliament in the

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region. Manders was born in England and baptised in

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, London. He lived in Australia in the 1850s and 1860s with his wife, Dorothea Coleman Hyde. Their son Thomas Charles (born and died in 1854) was born in

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, followed by the birth of their daughter, Dorothea Charlotte (later McJunkin; 1856–1924) in

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and their son Theodore Richard (1862–63) in

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. Manders was one of three candidates in the electorate in the , when he came a distant last to

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. Manders came second in the for the Wakatipu electorate but represented it from

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to 1879, when he was defeated. He was descended from the wealthy Manders of Dublin, born in London, and educated at Rugby School. He had been on the

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, and employed by local councils. He died in Queenstown aged 62 One report said his abilities were "misdirected" and he had been "on the spree".

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1829 births 1891 deaths People from Clerkenwell English emigrants to colonial Australia English emigrants to New Zealand Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates 19th-century New Zealand politicians Unsuccessful candidates in the 1866 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1879 New Zealand general election People educated at Rugby School {{NewZealand-politician-stub