Francis Jollie was a 19th century New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 politician.

He was one of the earliest settlers in the country, having arrived in 1842 as the agent of the New Zealand Company

New Zealand Company

The New Zealand Company originated in London in 1837 as the New Zealand Association with the aim of promoting the "systematic" colonisation of New Zealand. The association, and later the company, intended to follow the colonising principles of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, who envisaged the creation of...

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He was the Member of Parliament for Timaru

Timaru (New Zealand electorate)

Timaru is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, in the South Island. It existed continuously from 1861 to 1996 and was represented by eleven Members of Parliament.-Population centres:...

 from 1861 to 1866 and then Gladstone

Gladstone (New Zealand electorate)

Gladstone was a former parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1890.-Geographic coverage:Gladstone was located in the South Canterbury region. In 1866 and 1871, the nomination meetings were held in Waimate.-History:...

 from 1866 to 1870, when he died.

He was a cabinet minister, as Colonial Treasurer (now called Minister of Finance

Minister of Finance (New Zealand)

The Minister of Finance is a senior figure within the government of New Zealand. The position is often considered to be the most important Cabinet role after that of the Prime Minister....

) in the Stafford Ministry of 1866.

He had arrived in Nelson

Nelson, New Zealand

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 on the ship Fifeshire in 1842, where he farmed on fifty acres of land he had purchased at Wakapuaka, and called his property "Thackwood". He was followed to New Zealand by his younger brother Edward Jollie

Edward Jollie

Edward Jollie was a pioneer land surveyor in New Zealand, initially as a cadet surveyor with the New Zealand Company. He followed his elder brother Francis Jollie to New Zealand, arriving on the barque Brougham in Wellington in 1842...

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