Samuel Bealey (1821 – 8 May 1909) was a 19th-century politician in
Canterbury
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, New Zealand.
Bealey came out to Canterbury in 1851, a pastoralist with capital to invest in farming. He married Rose Ann, daughter of Archdeacon Paul in 1852. Having made money, he returned to England, in 1867 and died there. His son Nowell managed Haldon (sheep) Station.
Bealey stood for election in the Town of Christchurch electorate for the first
Provincial Council on 3 September 1853. Five candidates contested the three positions, and Bealey received the second highest number of votes at 74. The two other successful candidates were
Thomas Cass and
Richard Packer (77 and 71 votes, respectively). Charles Fooks (a brother-in-law of
Guise
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Population
Sights
The remains ...
and
Joseph Brittan) and
Edward Dobson
Edward Dobson (1816/17? – 19 September 1908) was Provincial Engineer for Canterbury Province, New Zealand from 1854 to 1868.
Early life
Edward Dobson was born in London, probably in 1816 or 1817. His parents were John Dobson, a merchant, and E ...
were defeated (at 51 and 21 votes, respectively).
Bealey remained a provincial councillor until the dissolution of the first parliament on 14 July 1857. From October 1854 to May 1855, he was a member of the executive council during the superintendency of
James FitzGerald. Bealey was again elected onto the Provincial Council on 8 May 1862, this time in the City of Christchurch electorate. He served until 5 March 1863, as on that day, he was elected the third
Superintendent
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*Superintendent (ecclesiastical), a church exec ...
,
[ a role which he held to 1866. In 1863 ]William Sefton Moorhouse
William Sefton Moorhouse ( 1825 – 15 September 1881) was a British-born New Zealand politician. He was the second Superintendent of Canterbury Province.
Early life
Moorhouse was born in Yorkshire, England, and baptised on 18 December 1825; th ...
was in financial crisis, and put in Bealey as Superintendent instead, as a "safe man", to keep his rival James FitzGerald out. But Bealey, who was usually dependent on stronger personalities, decided to resign, then changed his mind and when the Moorhouse team resigned collected a new team. Most reports on him are rather scathing, a "nobody" or a "bookseller!
Bealey Avenue in Christchurch
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, the Bealey River and the settlement of Bealey in Canterbury are named for him.
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External links
Biography in 1966 ''Encyclopaedia of New Zealand''
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1821 births
1909 deaths
People from Christchurch
Members of the Canterbury Provincial Council
Superintendents of New Zealand provincial councils
Members of Canterbury provincial executive councils
19th-century New Zealand politicians