{{Short description|New Zealand politician, lawyer and judge}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jackson Palmer | image = Jackson Palmer.jpg | caption = Palmer in 1902. | birth_date = 1867 | birth_place = Belfast, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and given age|1919|8|13|52|df=yes}}<ref name="burialdata"/> | death_place = Wellington, New Zealand | resting_place = Karori Cemetery | constituency_MP = Waitemata | parliament = New Zealand | term_start = 1890 | term_end = 1893 | predecessor = Richard Monk | successor = Richard Monk | constituency_MP1 = Ohinemuri | parliament1 = New Zealand | term_start1 = 1899 | term_end1 = 1902 | predecessor1 = Alfred Cadman | successor1 = Edward Moss | party = Independent Liberal | occupation = Politician, lawyer and judge }}
'''Jackson Palmer''' (1867 – 13 August 1919) was the Member of Parliament for Waitemata and Ohinemuri, in the North Island of New Zealand.
==Early life== Born in Belfast, Ireland, Palmer came to New Zealand as an infant. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and was a lawyer at Paeroa.<ref name="NZETC Palmer">{{cite book |title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District |year=1902 |url= https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d5-d9.html#name-101488-mention |publisher=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand |author=Cyclopedia Company Limited |access-date= 18 April 2012 |location=Christchurch |chapter=Paeroa|page=838}}</ref> Later, Jackson Palmer was chief judge of the Native Land Court.<ref>{{cite book | editor-last = Scholefield | editor-first = Guy | editor-link = Guy Scholefield | title = A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda | volume = II | year = 1940 | publisher = Department of Internal Affairs | location = Wellington | url = https://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v2.pdf |page=146}}</ref>
==Member of Parliament== {{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=right}} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1890}} |end = 1893 |term = 11th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Waitemata}} |party = Independent Liberal }} {{NZ parlbox break}} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1899}} |end = 1902 |term = 14th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Ohinemuri}} |party = Independent Liberal }} {{End}} In {{NZ election link year|1887}} Palmer stood for Parliament unsuccessfully in the {{NZ electorate link|Rodney}} electorate.<ref name="General Election, 1887">{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1887 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1887-II.2.1.9.13 |publisher=National Library |access-date=25 February 2012 |pages=1–4 |year=1887}}</ref> He then represented the {{NZ electorate link|Waitemata}} ({{NZ election link year|1890}}–1893) and {{NZ electorate link|Ohinemuri}} ({{NZ election link year|1899}}–1902) electorates in the New Zealand House of Representatives.<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=225}}</ref> In-between he unsuccessfully contested a by-election for the Waitemata seat in 1894, which was won by future Prime Minister William Massey.<ref name="Waitemata Election">{{cite news |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THA18940413.2.10 |work=Thames Adviser |title=Waitemata Election |page=2 |volume=XXVI |issue=7794 |date=13 April 1894 |access-date=7 April 2016}}</ref>
For his entire political career Palmer was an Independent Liberal.<ref>NZPD, Vol. 70, pp.29–30, 28 January 1891; Wilson, p.225 & Hamer, p.365</ref> He declined the Premier John Ballance's invitation to join the Council of the Liberal Federation in 1891.<ref>Palmer's letter to John Ballance, Ballance Papers, Folder 12, 23 November 1891</ref>
Palmer died in Wellington on 13 August 1919,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DOM19190816.2.2.3 | title=Deaths | date=16 August 1919 | work=The Dominion |access-date=22 January 2016 | page=1}}</ref> and was buried at Karori Cemetery.<ref name="burialdata">{{Cite web|date=12 July 2012|title=Cemeteries Search|url=https://wellington.govt.nz/cemeteries/cemetery-search-and-plot-locater/details?id=66197&serviceType=Burial&previousPage=%2fcemeteries%2fcemetery-search-and-plot-locater%2fresults%3fserviceType%3dAll%26firstNames%3dJackson%26lastName%3dPalmer%26fromDate%3d01%252f01%252f1840%26toDate%3d06%252f08%252f2021%26cemetery%3dKarori|access-date=2021-08-05|publisher=Wellington City Council|language=en-NZ}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} *{{Cite book |last=Hamer |first=David A. |author-link=D. A. Hamer |title=The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power, 1891–1912 |year=1988 |place=Auckland |publisher=Auckland University Press |isbn=1-86940-014-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newzealandlibera0000hame }}
{{s-start}} {{s-par | nz}} {{s-bef | before = Richard Monk}} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Waitemata|years=1890–1893}} {{s-aft | after= Richard Monk}} |- {{s-bef | before = Alfred Cadman}} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Ohinemuri|years=1899–1902}} {{s-aft | after= Edward Moss}} {{end}}
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