James Parker Joyce
James Parker Joyce was a 19th-century New Zealand politician from Southland. He is regarded as an Independent, as there were no political parties in Parliament at that time.
He was born in Southampton, England, and had come to Southland from the goldfields of Ballarat and Bendigo in 1858. He was a journalist and newspaper editor.
He represented the electorates of Wallace from 1875 to 1879 when he was defeated, and then Awarua from 1881 to 1887, when he retired.
His son, James Frederick Parker Joyce, worked for the Southland Daily News for 55 years, including as editor, before passing away in 1939 at age 73.
Parker Joyce's Great Great Great Grandson is New Zealand Film Maker, and , Winston Cowie.
