{{short description|New Zealand politician}} {{distinguish|Francis Jolly}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} [[File:Francis Jollie.jpg|thumb|Francis Jollie]] '''Francis Jollie''' (1815 – 30 November 1870) was a politician in New Zealand.

==Biography== ===Early life and career=== Jollie was born in 1815. The family was from [[Brampton, Carlisle]], England. His father was the Reverend Francis Jollie, and he was the oldest son; the fourth son was [[Edward Jollie]].<ref name="Te Ara">{{cite book | title=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand | orig-year=1966 |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga |chapter-url= http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/jollie-francis | editor-first=A. H. | editor-last=McLintock | editor-link=Alexander Hare McLintock | access-date= 1 May 2013 | chapter= Jollie, Francis | date= 22 April 2009}}</ref>

He was one of the earliest settlers in the country, having arrived in 1842 as the agent of the [[New Zealand Company]].<ref name="rootsweb Jollie">{{cite web |title=Francis Jollie |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/jollie.htm |publisher=rootsweb|access-date=8 June 2010}}</ref> He arrived in [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] on the ship ''Fifeshire'', where he farmed on fifty acres of land he had purchased at Wakapuaka, and called his property 'Thackwood'.{{sfn|Holm |2005|p=30–34}} He was followed to New Zealand by his younger brother Edward. In August 1853, Francis Jollie was one of the three candidates in the inaugural election for the superintendency of [[Nelson Province]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Election of Superintendent |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18530716.2.13?query=stafford%20Jollie |access-date=23 June 2017 |work=[[The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle]] |volume=XII |issue=593 |date=16 July 1853 |page=4}}</ref> Jollie came last, and [[Edward Stafford (politician)|Edward Stafford]] was successful.<ref>{{cite news|title=Election of Superintendent |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18530806.2.8?query=stafford%20Jollie |access-date=23 June 2017 |work=[[The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle]] |volume=XII |issue=596 |date=6 August 1853 |page=3}}</ref>

Later in 1853, Jollie moved to [[Peel Forest]] in [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]], where he would live for the rest of his life.<ref name="Te Ara" /> He named [[Peel Forest Park|the forest]] after Sir [[Robert Peel]], the British [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] who had died in 1850, the year that Canterbury was founded. The [[Mount Peel|adjacent mountain]] also took Peel's name.{{sfn|Reed|2010|p=310}}

In June 1854 Jollie was nominated for two by-elections in the Nelson area. In the {{By-election link|Waimea|1854}} for {{NZ electorate link|Waimea}} Jollie came second in the poll, held on 21 June. In the [[1854 Town of Nelson by-election|1854 by-election]] for the [[Nelson (New Zealand electorate)|Town of Nelson electorate]] held on 19 June. Jollie was one of the nominees, and both he and the other candidate [[Samuel Stephens (New Zealand politician)|Samuel Stephens]] were absent. Stephens won the by-election on a show of hands at the nomination meeting, as Jollie's supporters did not request an election.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NENZC18540624.2.10 |work=Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle |page=4 |date=24 June 1854|volume=XIII |access-date=1 May 2013|title=The Elections}}</ref>

In 1858, Jollie returned to England for some time. Upon coming back to New Zealand on the ''[[Clontarf (ship)|Clontarf]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Shipping news |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590108.2.9 |access-date=27 December 2019 |work=[[Lyttelton Times]] | volume=XI |issue=644 |date=8 January 1859 |page=4}}</ref> he briefly lived near [[Christchurch]].<ref name="Timaru Herald obit">{{cite news |title=Death of Mr Francis Jollie |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THD18701203.2.10 |access-date=13 July 2012 | work=[[The Timaru Herald]] |date=3 December 1870 |volume=XIII |page=2}}</ref> He married Jane Cooper on 28 May 1859 at Riccarton Church, Christchurch.<ref>{{cite news |title=Married |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=LT18590601.2.13 |access-date=13 July 2012| work=[[Lyttelton Times]] |volume=XI |issue=685 |date=1 June 1859 |page=4}}</ref>

===Member of Parliament=== {{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |start = [[1860–1861 New Zealand general election|1861]]<!-- election held on 25 March 1861 --> |end = 1866 |term = 3rd |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Timaru}} |party = Independent politician }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1866}} |end = 1870 |term = 4th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Gladstone}} |party = Independent politician }} {{End}} He was the Member of Parliament for [[Timaru (New Zealand electorate)|Timaru]] from 1861 to 1866 and then [[Gladstone (New Zealand electorate)|Gladstone]] from 1866 to 1870, when he died.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=208}} He was a cabinet minister, as Colonial Treasurer (now called [[Minister of Finance (New Zealand)|Minister of Finance]]) in the [[Stafford Ministry, 1865–1869|second Stafford Ministry]] from 1866 to 1869.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=63}} It was understood that he did not intend to stand in the [[1871 New Zealand general election|1871 general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Town and Country |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18701129.2.14 |access-date=1 March 2019 |work=[[Lyttelton Times]] |volume=XXXIV |issue=3084 |date=29 November 1870 |page=2}}</ref>

===Death=== He died on 30 November 1870 at his residence at [[Peel Forest]] aged 55.<ref name="Timaru Herald obit" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Death |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18701203.2.11 |access-date=1 March 2019 |work=[[Lyttelton Times]] |volume=XXXIV |issue=3088 |date=3 December 1870 |page=2}}</ref>

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==References== {{Commons category}} *{{cite book |last= Holm |first= Janet |title= Caught Mapping: The Life and Times of New Zealand's Early Surveyors |year= 2005 |publisher=Hazard Press |location= Christchurch |isbn= 1-877270-86-5 }} *{{cite book |last = Reed |first = A. W. |author-link = Alexander Wyclif Reed |title = Place Names of New Zealand |year = 2010 |publisher = Raupo |location = Rosedale, North Shore |isbn = 9780143204107 |editor = Peter Dowling }} *{{Cite book |last= Wilson |first= Jim | author-link=Jim Wilson (librarian) |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103}}

{{s-start}} {{S-off}} {{S-bef | before = [[Edward Stafford (politician)|Edward Stafford]]}} {{S-ttl | title = [[Minister of Finance (New Zealand)|Colonial Treasurer]]|years=1866}} {{S-aft | after = [[William Fitzherbert (New Zealand politician)|William Fitzherbert]]}} |- {{s-par | nz}} {{s-new | constituency}} {{s-ttl | title= [[Timaru (New Zealand electorate)|Member of Parliament for Timaru]]| years=1861&ndash;1866}} {{s-aft | after=[[Alfred Cox (politician)|Alfred Cox]]}} |- {{s-new | constituency}} {{s-ttl | title= [[Gladstone (New Zealand electorate)|Member of Parliament for Gladstone]]| years=1866&ndash;1870}} {{s-aft | after=[[George Parker (New Zealand politician)|George Parker]]}} {{end}}

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