James Horn

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James Horn (1855–1932) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.

Biography

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1919–1922 20th Wakatipu Liberal
1922–1925 21st Wakatipu Liberal
1925–1928 22nd Wakatipu Liberal

Horn was born in Banffshire, Scotland and came to Otago in 1879. He was a storekeeper at Bannockburn, Otago from 1883 to 1928, when he moved to Dunedin.[1]

He won the Wakatipu electorate in the 1919 general election, and held it to 1928, when he retired.[2] In parliament he supported construction of the Otago Central Railway to Clyde and then Cromwell, and the breaking-up of large estates.[1]

References

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New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wakatipu
1919–1928
Constituency abolished


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