PARKER, CHARLES (1808-98) arrived in Nelson by the Kelso (1849) and settled at Motueka. He was a carpenter by trade. In 1853 he was elected M.P.C., and he sat for Motueka and Massacre Bay to 1857 and for Motueka (1857-69). He represented the same constituencies in Parliament (1855-56), and in 1873 he was again elected to the Provincial Council, of which he was a member until the abolition. Parker died on 30 Jun 1898.

Parltry Record; The Colonist, 1 Jul 1898. Portrait: Parliament House.

Reference: Volume 2, page 77

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