Thomas William Hislop

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Thomas William Hislop (1850-1925) was the Mayor of Wellington from 1905 to 1908, and had represented two South Island seats in Parliament.

He was born in Midlothian, and had practiced as a lawyer in Oamaru.

He represented the electorate of Waitaki from 1876 to 1880 when he resigned, then Oamaru from 1885 to 1890 when he resigned or was defeated. He was a member of the Atkinson Ministry from 1887 to 1891. He was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1921 to 1925.

His son Thomas Charles Atkinson Hislop was Mayor from 1931 to 1944.

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• No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council) includes a paragraph and a portrait or photo for each mayor.
• New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)