Arthur Atkinson (politician, born 1833)

Arthur Samuel Atkinson (20 October 1833 – 10 December 1902) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Taranaki Region, New Zealand.

Arthur Samuel Atkinson
Arthur Samuel Atkinson in 1860
Member of Parliament for Omata
In office 1866–1867
Preceded by	Francis Gledhill
Succeeded by	Charles Brown
Personal details
Born	(1833-10-20)20 October 1833
Died	10 December 1902(1902-12-10) (aged 69) Fairfield, Nelson, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Jane Maria Richmond
Relations	Harry Atkinson (brother)
Occupation	Politician, Lawyer, Naturalist

Biography

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1866–1867	4th	Omata			Independent

He represented the Omata electorate from the 1866 election to 1867, when he resigned.^[1]

He had not been elected for Omata in the 1865 by-election.

He was a brother of Premier Harry Atkinson, and part of the Richmond–Atkinson family.^[2] He married Jane Maria Richmond in 1854.

He later moved to Nelson, and became a lawyer. He studied Māori people, languages and natural sciences. He died at Fairfield, the house that he had built in 1872.^[2][3]