CYCLOPEDIA OF NZ 1906
Nelson, Marlborough
and Westland
NELSON:
WELLS, William
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PRESENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT:
...In 1870 the appointment of the Hon. T. Wigley brought up the Nelson quota in the Upper
House to four. In the meantime several changes had taken place in the representation of the
district in the Lower House. Mr. W. Wells was chosen for Nelson suburbs in 1861, and sat
for that constituency through the sessions of the third and fourth Parliaments....
FORMER REPRESENTATIVES:
Mr. WILLIAM WELLS, who represented the Suburbs of Nelson in the House of
Representatives from 1861 to 1870, arrived in Nelson in the early days of the settlement. He
was a man of independent means, and farmed a property at Wakapuaka, where he died
many years ago.
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