John Karslake Karslake (died 21 June 1872) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the

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region of New Zealand.

Private life

Karslake arrived in Lyttelton on the ''Gananoque'' on 9 May 1860. The ship had sailed from

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. In 1861, Karslake was living in the Cheviot district. In about 1863, Karslake and Thomas Anson bought the Waireka run in the

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district. The business partners bought Run 210 in February 1868, and about 1870 the two bought the adjacent Run 277. The combined run became known as the Torlesse Station, named after nearby

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, inland from

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. He was the brother or nephew of

John Burgess Karslake Sir John Burgess Karslake, QC (13 December 1821 – 4 October 1881) was an English lawyer and politician. The son of Henry Karslake, a solicitor and Confidential Secretary to the Duke of Kent, by his wife Elizabeth Marsh Preston, the daugh ...

Member of Parliament

In the 1871 general election, Karslake and George Hart contested the

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electorate. Both men had no prior political experience. Karslake and Hart received 35 and 27 votes, respectively. Karslake was thus returned. He resigned on 12 April 1872 to return to England.

Death

Karslake died on the voyage home on 21 June 1872 by drowning.

References

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