{{Short description|New Zealand politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Henry Dodson | image = Henry Dodson NZETC.jpg | caption = Henry Dodson | order = 2nd | office = Mayor of Blenheim | term_start = 1870 | term_end = 1871 | predecessor = Frederick John Litchfield | successor = George Henderson | term_start2 = 1883 | term_end2 = 1884 | predecessor2 = Frederick Thomas Farmar | successor2 = George Henderson | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1828|04|21|}} | birth_place = near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1892|05|08|1828|04|21|df=y}} | death_place = Blenheim, New Zealand | resting_place = Omaka Cemetery | relations = Joseph Dodson (brother) }}
'''Henry Dodson''' (21 April 1828 – 8 May 1892) was a brewer and a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Marlborough, New Zealand.
==Biography== {{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1881}} |end = 1884 |term = 8th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Wairau}} |party = Independent politician }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1884}} |end = 1887 |term = 9th |electorate = Wairau |party = Independent politician }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1887}} |end = 1890 |term = 10th |electorate = Wairau |party = Independent politician }} {{End}} Dodson was born in 1828 near Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England.<ref name=obit /> His father, Joseph Dodson, was an officer in the British Army. His mother was Isabella Dodson (née Reid).<ref name="DNZB 1940">{{cite book | editor-last = Scholefield | editor-first = Guy | editor-link = Guy Scholefield | title = A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L | volume = I | year = 1940 | publisher = Department of Internal Affairs | location = Wellington | url = https://nzhistory.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v1.pdf | access-date = 21 October 2015 | page = 213 | archive-date = 9 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120309082939/http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v1.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref> Joseph Dodson was an older brother.<ref name="The Prow">{{cite web |last1=Stephens |first1=Joy |title=Henry and George Dodson |url= http://www.theprow.org.nz/enterprise/henry-and-george-dodson/#.Y3Fp23bP0uU |publisher=The Prow |access-date=14 November 2022}}</ref>
As a youth, he emigrated to Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, to join a brother. Together, they went to Victoria, Australia and joined the Victorian gold rush. After that, he came to Nelson, New Zealand and joined his brother Joseph Dodson in his brewery business.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Obituary |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=MEX18920509.2.32 |access-date=26 February 2013 |work=The Marlborough Express |volume=XXVIII |issue=109 |date=9 May 1892 |page=3}}</ref> He married Emma Snow (born 6 January 1830) on 10 December 1857 at Nelson.<ref>{{cite news |title=Married |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NENZC18571212.2.4 |access-date=21 October 2015 |work=Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle |volume=XVI |date=12 December 1857 |page=2}}</ref> He came to Blenheim in the late 1850s and set up a brewery in that town.<ref name=obit />
Dodson was a member of the Marlborough Provincial Council for three different electorates from 1860–1863, 1866–1870, and 1874–1875.<ref name="DNZB 1940" /> In the provincial council, he was the head of the Blenheim party for many years, and they quarrelled against the Picton party.<ref name="DNZB 1940" /> He was Mayor of Blenheim for four one-year terms (1870–1871 and 1883–1884). He represented the Wairau electorate from {{NZ election link year|1881}} to 1890, when he retired.<ref name=Wilson>{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= Jim | author-link=Jim Wilson (librarian) |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-date= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 |page=193}}</ref> In {{NZ election link year|1881}}, he beat the incumbent, Arthur Seymour.<ref>{{cite book |first1 = G. S. |last1 = Cooper |title = Votes Recorded for Each Candidate |year = 1882 |publisher = Government Printer |url = https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1882-I.2.2.4.1 |page = 2 |access-date= 21 October 2015}}</ref> He was challenged by Joseph Ward in {{NZ election link year|1884}}.<ref>{{cite book |first1 = G. S. |last1 = Cooper |title = The General Election, 1884 |year = 1884 |publisher = National Library |url = https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1884-II.2.2.3.5 |page = 2 |access-date= 21 October 2015 }}</ref> In the {{NZ election link|1887}}, he was challenged by a former Mayor of Blenheim, George Henderson, and Sutherland John Macalister.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts |year=1906 |url= http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc05Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d23-d16.html#name-432279-mention |author=Cyclopedia Company Limited |access-date=22 November 2013 |location=Christchurch |chapter=Mr. Sutherland John Maclister[sic]<!-- note that his name is misspelt in the chapter heading -->}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first1 = G. S. |last1 = Cooper |title = The General Election, 1887 |year = 1887 |publisher = National Library |url = https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1887-II.2.1.9.13 |page = 2 |access-date= 21 October 2015 }}</ref>
His wife died in June 1883.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Marlborough Express|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=MEX18830630.2.7 |access-date=21 October 2015 |volume=XIX |issue=141 |date=30 June 1883 |page=2}}</ref> He died on 8 May 1892 at his home in Blenheim, New Zealand after a sudden illness and was survived by seven children.<ref name=obit /> He was buried at the Omaka Cemetery in his brother George's family plot in the Old Cemetery section.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marlborough.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemetery-records-search?burialLocationId=27848&patronId=2422165&surname=dodson&givenNames=&cemetery=&yearFrom=&yearTo=|title=Cemetery Records Search - Marlborough District Council|website=Marlborough.govt.nz|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX18920509.2.27.5?items_per_page=100&page=9&phrase=2&query=henry+dodson&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&title=MDTIM%2cMEX%2cMPRESS%2cPGAMA|title=The Marlborough Express|volume=XXVIII|issue=109|date=9 May 1892|page=2|website=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{S-start}} {{S-par | nz}} {{S-bef | before = Arthur Seymour}} {{S-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Wairau|years=1881–1890 }} {{S-aft | after = Lindsay Buick }} {{end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dodson, Henry}} Category:1828 births Category:1892 deaths Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Category:Mayors of Blenheim, New Zealand Category:New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates Category:19th-century mayors of places in New Zealand Category:19th-century New Zealand politicians