• Source: Gilbert Carson (politician)

      • Gilbert Carson (1842 – 4 March 1924) was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.


      Biography



      Carson was born at sea in 1842 two weeks before the ship reached Auckland. He was a Mayor of Wanganui for three consecutive terms.
      He unsuccessfully contested the Wanganui electorate in the 1890 election. He was elected to the Wanganui electorate in the 1896 general election, and was defeated in 1899.
      In 1914, he was appointed to the Legislative Council and served one term until 1921.
      Carson owned and edited the Wanganui Chronicle. He had bought the newspaper in 1874.
      Carson died on 4 March 1924.


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      References


      Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

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