George Marsden Waterhouse

George Marsden Waterhouse ( born April 6, 1824 in Penzance, Cornwall, England; † August 6, 1906 in Torquay, Devon, England) was the seventh Prime Minister of New Zealand. He ruled on 11 October 1872 to 3 March 1873. Previously, he was on 8 October 1861 to the July 3, 1863 Prime Minister of South Australia have been. Waterhouse is the only politician, the head of government of two different British colonies was.

Australia

The in Kingswood School, a prestigious Wesleyan College at Bath, trained Waterhouse emigrated in 1839 at the age of 15 years with his family to Tasmania, since his father, the Rev. John Waterhouse, had been appointed General Superintendent of the Wesleyan missions in Australia and Polynesia. After four years in Hobart Waterhouse moved to Adelaide. There he was successful as a trader. In 1848 he married Lydia Giles; The marriage remained childless, but the couple adopted two daughters.

In August 1851 Waterhouse was elected as MP for the constituency of East Torrens in the Legislative Council of the colony. Due to health problems he was forced to resign three years later. He visited the United States and England in 1856 and returned back to Australia. In 1857 he was re-elected, but resigned after a few months back, because he had refused the offer of the governor, to take a seat in the first government of the now self-governing colony.

The advocates of free trade was in 1860 choose a third time in the Legislative Council. There he sat down for a uniform tariffs across Australia. From May 1860 to February 1861 was Waterhouse office secretary of the government of Thomas Reynolds. After his resignation Waterhouse took over the premiership. In July 1863, the government broke up because their financial manipulation and misuse were accused of immigrants Fund. In 1864 he gave up his seat in parliament.

New Zealand

1869 emigrated to New Zealand Waterhouse, where he bought a sheep operation with 18,000 animals. A short time later, he was politically active in New Zealand. In May 1870 he was elected to Parliament in November 1871, he was for three weeks at the Cabinet of William Fox. His successor, Edward Stafford lost in October 1872 vote of no confidence and Waterhouse took on the advice of Finance Julius Vogel, the Office of the Prime Minister to. But not even five months later Waterhouse resigned surprising. He was of the view as a member of the Upper House, he would have only limited opportunities to lead the cabinet.

Waterhouse remained after his resignation continue to MPs. 1879 wanted to offer him a Minister Prime Minister John Hall, but he refused. In 1884 he was deputy governor and in 1887, Speaker of the Upper House. In 1889 he finally returned to his native England to spend a peaceful retirement. There he died at the age of 82 years.