John Davies Ormond
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New Zealand
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politician whose positions included Superintendent
Superintendent (politics)
Superintendent was the elected head of each Provincial Council in New Zealand from 1853 to 1876.-Historical context:Provinces existed in New Zealand from 1841 until 1876 as a form of sub-national government. After the initial provinces pre-1853, new provinces were formed by the New Zealand...
of Hawke's Bay Province
Hawke's Bay Province
The Hawke's Bay Province was a province of New Zealand. The province separated from the Wellington Province following a meeting in Napier in February 1858, and existed until the abolition of provincial government in 1876...
, Minister of Public Works and member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
New Zealand Legislative Council
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.
He represented the Clive
Clive (New Zealand electorate)
Clive was a parliamentary electorate in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1881.-History:Clive was formed for the 3rd New Zealand Parliament, i.e. in 1861. It existed until 1881. During this period, Clive was represented by one Member of Parliament, John Davies Ormond.-Members:...
electorate in Parliament from 1861 to 1881, when he was defeated (standing for the electorate of Waipawa
Waipawa (New Zealand electorate)
Waipawa was a parliamentary electorate in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand, from 1881 to 1946.The electorate was represented by seven Members of Parliament: William Cowper Smith from 1881 to 1887 and from 1890 to 1893 when he retired; from 1887 to 1890 Smith represented the Woodville...
). He then represented the Napier
Napier (New Zealand electorate)
thumb|right|Boundaries of Napier Electorate for 2008 and 2011 electionsNapier is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Napier is Chris Tremain, of the National Party. He has held this position since...
electorate from 1884 to 1890, when he retired.
He came from Wallingford, Oxfordshire, (then Berkshire
Berkshire
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), England
England
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, and established a homestead called Wallingford in Central Hawke's Bay in 1847, which became a major farming station.
Businessman and farmer John Davies Wilder Ormond
John Davies Wilder Ormond
Sir John Davies Wilder Ormond, BEM born at Wallingford Station, New Zealand was a businessman and farmer. The grandson of John Davies Ormond, he married Judith Wall on 26 August 1939. They had four sons and one daughter....
, and politician and farmer Tiaki Omana
Tiaki Omana
Tiaki Omana , whose Christian name is John Ormond best known as Jack is a former New Zealand politician who captured the Rātana Movement's fourth Maori seat of Eastern Maori in 1943 from Apirana Ngata who had held it since 1905...
were his grandsons.