Tame Parata
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Tame Parata (1837 – 6 March 1917) was a Māori and a Liberal Party
Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
He won the Southern Maori
electorate in the 1885 by-election after the resignation of Hori Kerei Taiaroa
, and held it to 1911, when he retired. Subsequently in 1912 he was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council
, where he sat until he died on 6 March 1917.
New Zealand Liberal Party
The New Zealand Liberal Party is generally regarded as having been the first real political party in New Zealand. It governed from 1891 until 1912. Out of office, the Liberals gradually found themselves pressed between the conservative Reform Party and the growing Labour Party...
Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
He won the Southern Maori
Southern Maori
Southern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population centres:The electorate includes the following population centres:* -Tribal Areas:...
electorate in the 1885 by-election after the resignation of Hori Kerei Taiaroa
Hori Kerei Taiaroa
Hori Kerei Taiaroa was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament and the Paramount Chief of the southern iwi of Ngai Tahu. The son of Ngai Tahu leader Te Matenga and Mawera Taiaroa, he was born at Otakau on the Otago Peninsula in the 1830s or early 1840s.He represented the Southern Maori...
, and held it to 1911, when he retired. Subsequently in 1912 he was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council
New Zealand Legislative Council
The Legislative Council of New Zealand was the upper house of the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 until 1951. Unlike the lower house, the New Zealand House of Representatives, the Legislative Council was appointed.-Role:...
, where he sat until he died on 6 March 1917.