George Hart (1820 – 19 August 1895) was a 19th-century

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in the

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region of New Zealand. Hart was born in

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in 1820. He was baptised on 10 February 1823 in St. Clement Dunes, London. He came to New Zealand with his elder brother

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in 1843 on the ''Mary'', and he settled in

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. He returned to England for a visit in 1848, and upon his return, he settled in

and took up a large sheep run. He returned to the Wellington region in 1853, and he represented the Hutt electorate on the

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from August 1853 until February 1861. He was the council's third speaker from September 1859 until February 1861. He unsuccessfully contested the

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, losing against

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and

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. He unsuccessfully contested the in the electorate, and was beaten by

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. He married Julia Frances Herison James in 1859, who was from Sydney. Some time after his marriage, he again moved to Canterbury. He once more held large sheep stations and in 1874, he sold the Fernside station with 40,000 sheep. He was appointed to the executive council of the

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by Francis Edward Stewart in June 1867 and served until the end of Stewart's executive on 3 March 1868. He represented the

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electorate in

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, from 8 May to 15 August when he was defeated by

Edward George Wright Edward George Wright (14 June 1831 – 12 August 1902) was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Biography Wright was born in Woolwich, Kent, England, in 1831. After an education in private schools, he worked fo ...

. He died at his residence in Hereford Street in

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on 19 August 1895. He is buried at Linwood Cemetery.

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