Thomas Mason (politician)


Thomas Mason was a New Zealand quaker,, horticulturalist and Member of Parliament.

Biography

He was born in York, Yorkshire, England, on 28 July 1818. He attended Bootham School, York.
He was not elected in the for the Hutt, but was successful in the subsequent general election.
He represented the Hutt electorate from to 1884, when he was defeated.
His daughter, Elizabeth Catherine Mason, was the mother of Thomas Wilford.