Charles John Taylor was a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 politician. He served in the 1st New Zealand Parliament

1st New Zealand Parliament

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 and the 2nd New Zealand Parliament

2nd New Zealand Parliament

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 as representative for the Southern Division; (consisting of the Waikato

Waikato

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, Bay of Plenty

Bay of Plenty

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, and East Cape

East Cape

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 regions), and served in the 3rd New Zealand Parliament

3rd New Zealand Parliament

The 3rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Elections for this term were held between 12 December 1860 and 28 March 1861 in 43 electorates to elect 53 MPs...

 as representative for the Raglan

Raglan (New Zealand electorate)

-History:The Raglan electorate existed from 1861 to 1870, from 1911 to 1978, and then from 1984 to 1996.In 1996, Simon Upton who was then the MP for Raglan chose to become a list MP...

 electorate. He resigned on 13 April 1858 from Southern Division, and also resigned from Raglan before the end of that term.

He also served on the Auckland Provincial Council

Auckland Province

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